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Black Rage in New Orleans
Police Brutality and African American Activism from World War II to Hurricane Katrina
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2010
In Black Rage in New Orleans, Leonard N. Moore traces the shocking history of police corruption in the Crescent City from World War II to Hurricane Katrina and the concurrent rise of a large and energized black opposition to it. In New Orleans, crime, drug abuse, and murder were commonplace, and an...
Slavery and African Ethnicities in the Americas
Restoring the Links
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2009
Enslaved peoples were brought to the Americas from many places in Africa, but a large majority came from relatively few ethnic groups. Drawing on a wide range of materials in four languages as well as on her lifetime study of slave groups in the New World, Gwendolyn Midlo Hall explores the persistence...
African Americans and Standardized Tests
The Real Reason for Low Test Scores
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2009
With a surprisingly honest and hard-hitting approach, this scathing indictment of the modern black family postulates that a lack of appreciation for literacy in the African American household is the true cause of low scores on today's standardized tests. Arguing that television, video games, rap...
by African Methodist Episcopal Church
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Published in 1817, The Doctrines and Discipline of the African Methodist Episcopal Church was the first definitive guide to the history, beliefs, teachings, and practices of the African Methodist Episcopal Church. Beginning with a brief history, the book moves into a presentation of the "Articles...
Domestic Abuse in the Novels of African American Women
A Critical Study
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2014
The literary tradition begun by Zora Neale Hurston in the 1930s has since flourished and taken new directions with a diverse body of fiction by more contemporary African-American women writers. This book examines the treatment of domestic violence in Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, Gayl...
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African Americans at Risk: Issues in Education, Health, Community, and Justice [2 volumes]
Issues in Education, Health, Community, and Justice
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
With all of the progress African Americans have made, they still face many risks that threaten the entire race or place segments in jeopardy of survival. This work examines the widespread problem and suggests solutions.
• Examines up-to-date statistical data on the primary issues negatively...
by Aileen Wilsen
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2012
Essential South African Cooking in the USA: 25 Traditional Recipes follows on the well-received cookbook, South African Cooking in the USA. South African cuisine is a delicious fusion of flavors and cooking styles from Africa, Europe and the East. This collection of illustrated recipes provides easy-to-follow...
Congo Love Song
African American Culture and the Crisis of the Colonial State
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2017
In his 1903 hit "Congo Love Song," James Weldon Johnson recounts a sweet if seemingly generic romance between two young Africans. While the song's title may appear consistent with that narrative, it also invokes the site of King Leopold II of Belgium's brutal colonial regime at a time when African...
African American Environmental Thought
Foundations
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2019
Choice Outstanding Book
African American intellectual thought has long provided a touchstone for national politics and civil rights, but, as Kimberly Smith reveals, it also has much to say about our relationship to nature. In this first single-authored book to link African American and environmental...
by Jeffrey E. Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2005
From black sorcerers' client-based practices in the antebellum South to the postmodern revival of hoodoo and its tandem spiritual supply stores, the supernatural has long been a key component of the African American experience. What began as a mixture of African, European, and Native American influences...
African Migration Narratives
Politics, Race, and Space
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2018
This essay collection examines the representations of migration in African literature, film, and other visual media. Inspired by the proliferation of texts focused on this theme and the ongoing migration crises, essays in the volume probe the ways in which African cultural productions shape and are...
by Magdaleen van Wyk
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Simply written and presented, The Complete South African Cookbook is a compact yet comprehensive guide to cooking in South Africa. Indispensable for the beginner, it caters for the more experienced cook too and offers over 650 numbered recipes along with many variations – from the most basic to...
by CAROLINE BIMBO AFOLALU
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
The book shows the reader the techniques of Nigerian and African cooking. It contains over 100 African Recipes, both traditional Nigerian and modern, plus expert tips on planning a successful wedding and events. All aspects of African cooking are covered, including roastin, boiling, baking and food processing.
ALT 36: Queer Theory in Film & Fiction
African Literature Today
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2018
Debates on the future of the African continent and the role of gender identities in these visions are increasingly present in literary criticism forums as African writers become bolder in exploring the challenges they face and celebrating gender diversity in the writing of short stories, novels, poetry,...