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A CREOLE EXPERIMENT
Utopian Space in Kamau Brathwaite’s “video-style” Works by Melanie Otto
In A Creole Experiment, Melanie Otto examines the utopian aspect of Brathwaite’s major “video-style” works while employing the concepts of Heimat (homeland) and “concrete utopia,” which were developed by philosopher Ernst Bloch in The Principle of Hope. She also focuses on Brathwaite’s interrogation and reinterpretation of the conventions of magical realism. Unlike mainstream Latin American magical realism, Brathwaite’s work is radical in both form and content, developing a distinctly creole aesthetic. In addition, Otto notes that Brathwaite’s vision of a “creole cosmos” does not refer to an ideal place. Instead, it reveals the tangibility of an often dismal day-to-day existence.
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A RHYME IS A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE
Hip Hop and the Creation of a Political Philosophyby Carlton A. Usher
"As historian, cultural critic, and politician, Usher offers a visionary study of Hip Hop Culture steeped in axiological clarity. At the juncture of Hip Hop's third decade and the twenty-first century's demand for practical leadership capable of deciphering puzzling trends in popular culture, Usher's approach resurrects traditional spirituality in order to guide lyricism back to its roots of linguistic function in aesthetic, communal, and political contexts of Black culture's oral tradition."
—Christel N. Temple, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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A TALE OF THREE WOMEN
A NOVELby Eustace Palmer
Set in Sierra Leone, West Africa, A Tale of Three Women is epic in scope, covering a span of about sixty years and touching upon the most important developments in that country’s recent history from about 1918 to the 1970s. It encompasses events such as the worldwide influenza epidemic, the Second World War, the preparation for independence, the achievement of independence, and the post-independence malaise. But all these serve only as a background against which Eustace Palmer deftly weaves the experiences of three very different women...
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ADDIS ABABA
Migration and the Making of a Multiethnic Metropolis, 1941-1974by Getahun Benti
Interdisciplinary in approach, historical in orientation and comparative in scope, this book examines the dynamics of migration to Addis Ababa from 1941 to 1974. Drawing from primary, secondary, archival and oral sources, reminiscences and newspapers, the book extensively discusses the political, economic and social transformations in Ethiopia during the period and their implications for the growth of Addis Ababa and migration to the city.
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AFRICA IN RUSSIA, RUSSIA IN AFRICA
Three Centuries of EncountersEdited by Maxim Matusevich
“Once in a while in African studies there comes a book that is truly informative and a compelling read. This is one such book. It is an invaluable volume on a little explored subject, the long history of relations between Africa and Russia that goes back at least three centuries, a complex, sometimes contradictory, and constantly changing relationship marked by mutual curiosity and idealism, various contacts and exchanges, and revolutionary solidarity during the tumultuous years of colonialism and the cold war..."
-Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Professor of African Studies and History, Pennsylvania State University
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