[PDF.76ue] 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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#2866822 in Books Candlewick 2007-02-13 2007-02-13Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.35 x .57 x 6.13l, .69 #File Name: 0763628859128 pages4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Looking at African American History through the SpiritualsBy Robert W. KellemenWith 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 their own cultures, their own families, their own everything survive and remain sanFrom School Library JournalGrade 8 UpThe 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 covertly, often about the Underground RailroadWith 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 "Aint Got Time to Die," celebrating a people who overcame enslavem...

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