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1	Flickering Shadows more books like this by Kwadwo Agymah Kamau add to wishlist The Hill, a community in a Caribbean island, elects one of its own members as prime minister of the island as it emerges from years of colonialism into independence. However, this official is discovered to be corrupt. Kamau examines the lives of the Hill's residents, and the changes that the election brings about in their community. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.22! \| signed copies \| first editions
2	Mother Poem more books like this by Edward Brathwaite, Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $11.99! first editions
3	The Zea Mexican Diary, 7 Sept 1926-7 Sept 1986 more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist In May of 1986, the poet Kamau Brathwaite learned that his wife, Doris, was dying of cancer and had only a short time to live. Responding as a poet, he began "helplessly and spasmodically" to record her passage in a diary. This is a collection of excerpts from that diary and other notes from this period of the Brathwaite lives. The book is a ... see all copies from $4.37! new only from $19.71! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Pictures of a Dying Man more books like this by Agymah Kamau, Kwadwo Agymah Kamau add to wishlist Gladstone Belle has hanged himself, and the people in his small Caribbean village merge their voices to try to comprehend the act, and to set Gladstone's life in its proper place in their community. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.47! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Middle Passages more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist MiddlePassages is an offshoot of the author's second trilogy, 'a splice of time & space', as he puts it, between his/father's world of Sun Poem and 'the magical irrealism' of X/Self. With his other 'shorter' collections Black + Blues and Third World Poems, MiddlePassages creates a kind of chisel which may well lead us into a projected third ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $7.56! \| SVS
6	Words Need Love Too more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite, Stewart Brown (Introduction by) add to wishlist "Words Need Love Too" represents both a summation - a drawing together of concerns that the poet has explored in his writings through the previous 'years of salt' - and a turning point, a hopeful new beginning. With hindsight we can already see the shadow of events like "nine eleven" - which happened when Brathwaite was in New York, living only ... see all copies from $10.00! new only from $16.69! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Black + Blues more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist Kamau Brathwaite, who won the 1994 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, has revised his celebrated 1979 Casa de las Americas collection, Black + Blues, for its first edition by a U.S. publisher. A rich and beautiful collection, Black + Blues is cast in three parts - "Fragments", "Drought", and "Flowers". see all copies from $3.90! new only from $6.36! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Ancestors more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist This is Kamau Brathwaite's trilogy of "Mother Poem", "Sun Poem" and "X/Self", revised by the author. He describes Barbados, his own history and childhood. Using "Video Sycorax" typographic inventions and linguistic play, he attempts to free the language. see all copies from $10.00! new only from $15.09! \| SVS
9	The Language of Saxophones: Selected Poems of Kamu Daaood more books like this by Kamau Daaood add to wishlist A long-awaited collection from a pioneer of the spoken word movement, these poems soar and sway with the syncopation and melodies of jazz. Portraits, chronicles, incantations and invocations, drawn from a lifetime of prolific activity. From his early days in the Black Arts Movement and up to the present, DaAood has been a powerful artistic and ... see all copies from $5.07! new only from $6.72! \| signed copies \| SVS
10	Islands more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
11	Masks more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $8.22! first editions
12	Emerging Afrikan Survivals: An Afrocentric Critical Theory more books like this by Kamau Kemayo, Kemayo Kamau, Kemayo Kamau Kemayo add to wishlist This work sets forth the guidelines for a changing Afrocentric literary theory for the African American literary corpus and applies that theory to three novels: Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man , Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon and David Bradley's The Chaneysville Incident . see all copies from $64.99! new only from $123.29! \| SVS
13	DS (2): Dreamstories more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist The startling new work by internationally celebrated Caribbean poet, historian and cultural theorist Kamau Brathwaite, winner of the 2006 Griffin Poetry Prize. see all copies from $12.59! new only from $12.59!
14 view cover	A Passion for Christ, a Passion for Souls more books like this by Kwesi R Kamau add to wishlist see all copies from $18.32! new only from $18.32! \| SVS
15	Trench Town Rock more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $39.98!
16	The Arrivants: A New World Trilogy more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $7.50! signed copies \| first editions
17	Environment of Life Laboratory Manual Fourth Edition (Biology 101 Bowling Green State University) by Kamau Mbuthia add to wishlist see all copies from $22.03!
18	Folk culture of the slaves in Jamaica. more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00! first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Roots. more books like this by Edward Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist A compelling foray into the character of Caribbean literature and the formidable role of African expression in its development. see all copies from $35.73!
20 view cover	The Book of Becoming Awake Again more books like this by Kamau Atem add to wishlist Welcome to the Pert Em Hru...again. The Book of Coming Forth By Day again. The Book of the Dead was never dead...and is definitely not now...This is a recapturing of ancient Kamitic (Egyptian) spiritual tradition in a fantasy epic. The epic saga of Heru Ra Ur versus Set told against the back drop legend of Mighty Ra and Apep. The first story of ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $25.00! \| SVS
21	Other Exiles more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $13.16! first editions
22 view cover	In the Midst of My Blackness more books like this by Azaan Kamau add to wishlist The book is a poetic biographical journey from childhood to womanhood. Azaan feels that Spirit used her as a tool to share these words, so that the world would embrace and love all unconditionally. This book is emotionally charged from beginning to end with pain, love, passion, and triumph! This book gives voice to a collection of life's stories, ... see all copies from $9.20! new only from $9.22! \| SVS
23 view cover	Dreamstories - Longman Caribbean Writers Series more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist This collection of prose-poems are full of the inconsistencies, broken images and half-told stories of dreams. Using a variety of typefaces, languages and breaks, the author creates fiction from personal trauma and adds to the tradition of "dream journeying". see all copies from $4.12!
24	The Development of Creole Society in Jamaica, 1770-1820 more books like this by Kamau Brathwaite add to wishlist see all copies from $25.15! new only from $25.15! \| first editions
25 view cover	Ng'ano CIA Marimu: Ibuku RIA Mbere more books like this by Jane Kamau add to wishlist This book is a collection of folklore. Animal characters such as the mighty Lion, King of the Jungle, the sly Crocodile, and a sloth of tiny animals who, inspite of their size, make their presence felt enrich folklore, which is not complete without Ogres who lay in waiting for unsuspecting children who make up a big part of their menu. The first ... see all copies from $8.60! new only from $8.60! \| signed copies \| SVS

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