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4 days ago · Octavia E. Butler (born June 22, 1947, Pasadena, California, U.S.—died February 24, 2006, Seattle, Washington) was an African American author chiefly noted for her science fiction novels about future societies and superhuman powers. They are noteworthy for their unique synthesis of science fiction, mysticism, mythology, and African American ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
4 days ago · Oral tradition: African cultures have a strong oral tradition, and storytelling is a way to pass down history, myths, and legends from generation to generation. Cultural preservation: Storytelling is a way to preserve cultural heritage and traditions, and African fantasy novels often draw on these cultural roots to create unique and imaginative ...
5 days ago · Invisible Man is widely acknowledged as one of the great novels of American literature and a landmark in African American literature, winning the National Book Award for Fiction in 1953, the first novel by a Black author to receive that honour.
- Drew Milne
1 day ago · The Negro American was a Harlem Renaissance era magazine published in San Antonio, Texas, that declared itself to be "the only magazine in the South devoted to Negro life and culture." This particular issue includes a review of Rudolph Fisher's novel The Walls of Jericho (page 13). Courtesy of Michael L. Gillette.
1 day ago · Shakhete’s sense of history and the sacredness of Africa powers this literary fantasy, as the story digs into the dawn of the slave trade, the founding of Baldwin, and how key “Towners,” facing a smallpox epidemic in the 17th century, forged a vicious Blood Covenant involving. sacrifices every 17 years, leading to “increased hell on ...
3 days ago · Analyze literature and polemics advocating a black arts movement. Outcome 4: Upon completion of this course students will be able to interpret examples of contemporary African‐American literature. Objectives: The student will: Recognize and discuss the multiplicity of African‐American identities.
4 days ago · In addition, American Literature recognizes works of: African-American Writers. Native American Writers. Asian-American Writers. The Colonial Period of American Literature spans the time between the founding of the first settlement at Jamestown to the outbreak of the Revolution. The writings of this time centered on religious, practical, or ...
