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8 hours ago · May 24, 2024 by Ted Hannah. The great poet and novelist, Langston Hughes, is often compared to the likes of great African-American writers such as James Baldwin and W. E. B. Du Bois. Hughes is seen as a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s and was an influential force in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s.
8 hours ago · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ( / ˌtʃɪməˈmɑːndə əŋˈɡoʊzi əˈdiːtʃi.eɪ / ⓘ [a]; born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian writer, novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright of postcolonial feminist literature and public speaker. She is the author of the award-winning novels Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) and ...
1 day ago · Wee the poet gives an answer on page 31 in the poem titled A letter Poem to African Leaders where the poet celebrates Nelson Mandela, Nkrumkah, Sankara and Lumumba, who fought for African dignity and died for it.The poet Wole Soyinka ‘was jailed twice’ to show that in the cauldron of the African dictators, not even poet are spared.
1 day ago · James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, poet and literary critic. He contributed to the modernist avant-garde movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the 20th century. Joyce's novel Ulysses (1922) is a landmark in which the episodes of Homer 's Odyssey ...
1 day ago · Chicana feminism is a sociopolitical movement, theory, and praxis that scrutinizes the historical, cultural, spiritual, educational, and economic intersections impacting Chicanas and the Chicana/o community in the United States. [1] Chicana feminism empowers women to challenge institutionalized social norms and regards anyone a feminist who ...
1 day ago · Tupac Shakur. Tupac Amaru Shakur ( / ˈtuːpɑːk ʃəˈkʊər / TOO-pahk shə-KOOR; born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and songwriter. He is considered to be one of the most influential and successful rappers and African-American music ...
8 hours ago · e. African-American history started with the arrival of Africans to North America in the 16th and 17th centuries. Former Spanish slaves who had been freed by Francis Drake arrived aboard the Golden Hind at New Albion in California in 1579. [1] The European colonization of the Americas, and the resulting Atlantic slave trade, led to a large ...
