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  • NEO-AFRICAN LITERATURE: A History of Black Writing. by Jahn, Janheinz.
    Jahn, Janheinz.
    NEO-AFRICAN LITERATURE: A History of Black Writing.

    Edition: First US printing.

    New York: Grove Press, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dustjacket "The book is divided into four main sections, the first dealing with the cultural and historical background, containing accounts of the little-known works of writers of African descent, like Juan Latino who wrote Latin verse in sixteenth-century Spain and the black 'educational guinea-pigs' of the Age of Enlihgtenment. 'The African Scene' has chapters on 'oral literature', Hausa and Swahili writing, and 'protest' and 'apprentice' work in European and African languages throughout the continent; and 'The American Scene' deals comprehensively with verse and prose in Latin America and the West Indies as well as the USA - not omitting the blues and the Calypso." Translated from the…

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    New York: Grove Press, (1969) dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dustjacket "The book is divided into four main sections, the first dealing with the cultural and historical background, containing accounts of the little-known works of writers of African descent, like Juan Latino who wrote Latin verse in sixteenth-century Spain and the black 'educational guinea-pigs' of the Age of Enlihgtenment. 'The African Scene' has chapters on 'oral literature', Hausa and Swahili writing, and 'protest' and 'apprentice' work in European and African languages throughout the continent; and 'The American Scene' deals comprehensively with verse and prose in Latin America and the West Indies as well as the USA - not omitting the blues and the Calypso." Translated from the German by Oliver Coburn and Ursula Lehrburger. Bibliographies follow each chapter. Includes an appendix on the survey of the material. Index 301 pp.

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    Condition: Fine in yellow cloth in a very near fine dust jacket (creasing to edge of front flap of dj)

    Book ID: 87951
    Keywords: African Literature, blues, calypso, hausa, literary criticism, protest literature, reference book, swahili
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  • RL'S DREAM. by Mosley, Walter
    Mosley, Walter
    RL'S DREAM.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Norton, 1995. dj. Hardcover first edition - Mosley's award winning novel about an aged and ailing blues musician. 267 pp. ISBN: 0-393-038025.

    Condition: Fine in a near fine dust jacket (nick to dj at top of spine).

    Book ID: 59314
    Keywords: 1996 Black Caucus of the ALA Library award in fiction, African American Literature, blues
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  • THE NEGRO AND HIS SONGS: A Study of Typical Negro Songs in the South. by Odum, Howard W. and Guy B. Johnson.
    Odum, Howard W. and Guy B. Johnson.
    THE NEGRO AND HIS SONGS: A Study of Typical Negro Songs in the South.

    Edition: First edition.

    Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press 1925. Hardcover first edition - The second of Odum's three classic works on African American music. As noted in the preface, the songs in this volume were collected in northern Mississippi and northern Georgia, with a few other songs and fragments from North Carolina and Tennessee included for comparative purposes. They are divided into three categories: religious songs (the largest group), social songs, and work songs. Much of the book consists of the lyrics to the songs. Includes a select bibliography, and an index to the songs. vii, 306 pp.

    Condition: Ex-library with the usual markings, but overall a good copy, tight and sturdy in very dark blue cloth with gilt lettering (corners bumped, a bit of wear to the ends of the spine covering)

    Book ID: 84395
    Keywords: African American History and nonfiction, black studies, blues, music, religion, sociology
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  • Walton, Anthony.
    MISSISSIPPI: An American Journey.

    Edition: First printing.

    New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1996. dj. Hardcover first edition - African American writer's first book - a combination of travel writing, memoir and history. ISBN: 0-679-446001.

    Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (remainder dot.)

    Book ID: 29074
    Keywords: African American History and nonfiction, blues, civil rights
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