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Top 10 Best "Afro American" Books
#10
Blues, Ideology, and Afro-American LiteratureHouston A. Baker Jr.Books |
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DiggingAmiri BarakaAfro 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. |
#9
American Negro SongsJohn W. WorkBooks |
#8
African-American Art (Oxford History of Art)Sharon F. PattonBooks |
#7
Malcolm X on Afro-American History (Malcolm X speeches & writings)Malcolm XBooks |
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Designed by God So I Must Be Special (Afro American Version) (0013689777750) Bonnie Sose
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The Afro-American Novel and Its TraditionBernard W. BellBooks |
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Flash of the SpiritRobert Farris ThompsonBooks |
#3
Black Books Galore's Guide to Great African American Children's Books Donna Rand
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#2
Afro-American Literature in the Twentieth CenturyMichael G. CookeBooks |
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Stickin' To, Watchin' Over, and Gettin' With Howard Stevenson
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African American Inventors (Black Stars)Otha Richard SullivanBooks |
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