[PDF.19cx] On My Journey Now: Looking at African-American History Through the Spirituals

On My Journey Now: Looking at African-American History Through the Spirituals

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 | #2029882 in Books |  Candlewick |  2007-02-13 |  2007-02-13 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  9.35 x.57 x6.13l,.69 | File type: PDF | 128 pages

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||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Looking at African American History through the Spirituals|By Robert W. Kellemen|With her opening words, author Nikki Giovanni imparts truth needed by all readers as a context for the spirituals. "We say that the slavers went to Africa to get the slaves, which is far from true. The slavers went to Africa to get Africans to make them slaves."

How did free people, with|From School Library Journal|Grade 8 Up—The songs written and first sung by African-American slaves were inspired by a host of human needs: to express emotion, to call God, to remain heartened under oppression, and, perhaps most importantly, to communicate

With the passion of a poet and the knowledge of a historian, Nikki Giovanni tells the story of Africans in America through the glorious words of spirituals.

Ever since she was a little girl attending three different churches, poet Nikki Giovanni has loved the spirituals. In ON MY JOURNEY NOW, she paints compelling portraits of the lives of her ancestors through familiar songs such as "Go Down, Moses" and personal favorites such as "Ain’t Got Time to ...

You easily download any file type for your device.On My Journey Now: Looking at African-American History Through the Spirituals   |  Nikki Giovanni. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.

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