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Top 10 Best "Afro American" Books

#10

Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American Literature

Houston A. Baker Jr.

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Bonus

Digging

Amiri Baraka

Afro American

Digging

For almost half a century, Amiri Baraka has ranked among the most important commentators on African American music and culture. In this brilliant assemblage of his writings on music, the first such collection in nearly twenty years, Baraka blends autobiography, history, musical analysis, and political commentary to recall the sounds, people, times, and places he's encountered. As in his earlier classics, Blues People and Black Music, Baraka offers essays on the famous--Max Roach, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John Coltrane--and on those whose names are known mainly by jazz aficionados--Alan Shorter, Jon Jang, and Malachi Thompson. Baraka's literary style, with its deep roots in poetry, makes palpable his love and respect for his jazz musician friends. His energy and enthusiasm show us again how much Coltrane, Albert Ayler, and the others he lovingly considers mattered. He brings home to us how music itself matters, and how musicians carry and extend that knowledge from generation to generation, providing us, their listeners, with a sense of meaning and belonging.

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#9

American Negro Songs

John W. Work

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#8

African-American Art (Oxford History of Art)

Sharon F. Patton

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#7

Malcolm X on Afro-American History (Malcolm X speeches & writings)

Malcolm X

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#6

Designed by God So I Must Be Special (Afro American Version) (0013689777750)

Bonnie Sose
Holly Sose

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#5

The Afro-American Novel and Its Tradition

Bernard W. Bell

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#4

Flash of the Spirit

Robert Farris Thompson

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#3

Black Books Galore's Guide to Great African American Children's Books

Donna Rand
Toni Trent Parker
Sheila Foster

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#2

Afro-American Literature in the Twentieth Century

Michael G. Cooke

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Reader's Reviews:
Repeat After Me



Repeat After Me affirms the life-altering power of the mind and soul upon our individual journeys.
~Charlie Johnson, Artist and Breast Cancer Survivor

Kathy Adis reminds us that the journey toward body, mind, and spirit wellness is not a passive following, but rather the soulful choosing of daily practices that support life.
~Beth Owens, Dipl.Ac.,L.Ac.

Kathy Adis' book is infused with beauty. She invites us to embrace life as we embrace her simple truths. We all benefit when Kathy says, "Repeat after me."
~Mary Nell Albright Hoover

Bonus

Stickin' To, Watchin' Over, and Gettin' With

Howard Stevenson
Gwendolyn Davis
Saburah Abdul-Kabir

Afro American
#1

African American Inventors (Black Stars)

Otha Richard Sullivan

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