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Books by
Larry Ukali Johnson-Redd
My Deepest Affections Are Yours /
Journey to the Motherland
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History
To Destiny Through Afrocentric Poetry /
Loving
Black Women
History
to Destiny Through Afrocentric Poetry
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History
to Destiny Through Afrocentric Poetry
By
Larry Ukali Johnson-Redd
Reviews
The words in this
book made my heart sing. This is because this book gives much
needed information on the African experience and what we have
lost over the years. Ukali's respect for the Black woman of
African descent pays homage to those who have endured so very
much. It is apparaent that this man was raised by a loving set
of parents. I feel that History to Destiny through Afrocentric
Poetry should be in every classroom, not only for children of
the diaspora but for others as well. The d-boys standing on the
corners of the Black communities would benefit greatly from the
words that this brother has penned in such an eloquent fashion.
I recommend this book to all who read and to be read to all those who cannot.--Cati
A. Hawkins-Okorie, Social Activist
In my reading of
History to Destiny Through Afrocentric Poetry I found these
poems that radiated with the spirit, and echo the voice and cry
of our elders and ancestors, expressed as a conscious priority
for Africans in America to unite with Africans in the Diaspora.--Nashid Ahmad, Grassroots Activist and
Spiritual Metaphysicist
The three
decade-plus of poetry presented in this book by brother Larry
Ukali Johnson-Redd speaks to the African mind, and challenges
readers to consider a protracted dedication to love and human
development.--Itabari M. Zulu, Th.D., President,
African American Library and Information Science Association
Over the years I have known
Ukali, he has been a consistent advocate for justice and
equality for African people everywhere. In this book, History
to Destiny Through Afrocentric Poetry, Ukali chronicles his
lifetime experiences in America and Africa, and pays homage to
our ancestors Langston Hughes, Marcus Garvey, Bob Marley, Marvin
Gaye, and many others.
Ukali speaks of solidarity
with African people throughout the Diaspora from Lagos to
Granada and all points in between. He reflects on our lives,
loves, and struggles against racism, oppression and brutality.
But most importantly, he has eloquently captured in these pages
the righteousness and victory of our struggle as an oppressed
people in this the fifth century since enslavement.
In
the tradition of a true griot, Ukali passes on the ancient
practice of putting us in touch with these other, our roots, our
blackness, and our birthright so we can renew our commitment to
ourselves, and our people. . . . I am sure after reading this
book you will discover a man whose love of our people will
undoubtedly serve to awaken the sleeping giant in us all.--Donald Lacy, Love Life, Don't Take Life
In Ukali and his African writings, we have
racial sensitivity, commitment, and endurance. He's a true soul
brother who knows intimately what is happening in the black
world, from San Quentin to Benin and the negative impact that
the white world has on that black life he loves without hesitation.
His commitment to black liberation and his willingness to put
all that he has to discovery the ins and outs of the black
Atlantic is an amazing life achievement. Thirty years of raising one's own consciousness and those in one's community is
no small feat.
I congratulate him a thousand times for the
creative energy and insight that his two books represent. If you
want to know what it requires to go to Africa and live there for
a couple of years as a teacher on your own wits and your own
resources -- up against the odds, then Journey to the Motherland
is a book for you. His are two of the few books I have read this year.
Ukali's political poems should be read for understanding of
the racial political world we endure. As for myself I prefer
Ukali when he is feeling alone and there is nothing but the
emptiness of the universe remaining, and he gets real personal,
like "Waiting for You."
Then there is the poem for the lady who was at the center of
Ukali's world "My Beautiful Wife."
But there are
other poems like "I Don't Like All I See" with the
lines "Too much poverty/Too much misery/Too much
brutality/I don't like all I see" or the line of
"Don't Sing the Blues for Me" -- "I can sing the
blues for myself."
There is nothing soft about this
brother, he's still on his toes. This is our time. Ukali is out
front.--Rudy Lewis, Editor of ChickenBones: A
Journal
History
to Destiny Through Afrocentric Poetry by Larry Ukali Johnson-Redd,
published by Amen-Ra Theological seminary Press / 10920 Wilshire
Boulevard Suite 150-9132 / Los Angeles, CA 90024-6502
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Mockingbirds at Jerusalem
(poetry
Manuscript)
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Blacks in Hispanic Literature: Critical Essays
Edited by
Miriam DeCosta-Willis
Blacks in Hispanic Literature is a
collection of fourteen essays by scholars and
creative writers from Africa and the Americas.
Called one of two significant critical works on
Afro-Hispanic literature to appear in the late
1970s, it includes the pioneering studies of
Carter G. Woodson and
Valaurez B. Spratlin, published in the 1930s, as
well as the essays of scholars whose interpretations
were shaped by the Black aesthetic. The early
essays, primarily of the Black-as-subject in Spanish
medieval and Golden Age literature, provide an
historical context for understanding 20th-century
creative works by African-descended, Hispanophone
writers, such as Cuban
Nicolás Guillén and Ecuadorean poet, novelist,
and scholar
Adalberto Ortiz, whose essay analyzes the
significance of Negritude in Latin America. This
collaborative text set the tone for later
conferences in which writers and scholars worked
together to promote, disseminate, and critique the
literature of Spanish-speaking people of African
descent. . . .
Cited by a
literary critic in 2004 as "the seminal study in the
field of Afro-Hispanic Literature . . . on which
most scholars in the field 'cut their teeth'."
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Greenback Planet: How the Dollar Conquered
the World and Threatened Civilization as We Know It
By H. W. Brands
In Greenback Planet, acclaimed historian H. W. Brands charts the dollar's astonishing rise to become the world's principal currency. Telling the story with the verve of a novelist, he recounts key episodes in U.S. monetary history, from the Civil War debate over fiat money (greenbacks) to the recent worldwide financial crisis. Brands explores the dollar's changing relations to gold and silver and to other currencies and cogently explains how America's economic might made the dollar the fundamental standard of value in world finance. He vividly describes the 1869 Black Friday attempt to corner the gold market, banker J. P. Morgan's bailout of the U.S. treasury, the creation of the Federal Reserve, and President Franklin Roosevelt's handling of the bank panic of 1933. Brands shows how lessons learned (and not learned) in the Great Depression have influenced subsequent U.S. monetary policy, and how the dollar's dominance helped transform economies in countries ranging from Germany and Japan after World War II to Russia and China today. He concludes with a sobering dissection of the 2008 world financial debacle, which exposed the power--and the enormous risks--of the dollar's worldwide reign. The Economy |
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The White Masters of the
World
From
The World and Africa, 1965
By W. E. B. Du Bois
W. E. B. Du Bois’
Arraignment and Indictment of White Civilization
(Fletcher)
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