The Lion Sleeps Tonight

The Lion Sleeps TonightSince its original publication twenty years ago Rian Malans classic work of narrative nonfiction My Traitors Heart has earned its author comparisons to masters of literary nonfiction like Michael Herr and Ryszard Kapuscinski. The Lion Sleeps Tonight is Malans remarkable chronicle of South Africas halting steps and missteps, taken as blacks and whites try to build a new country. Some of the essays previously appeared in a collection published only in

The History of the Black Dollar aims to help older generations remember

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contrary to previous assumptions

This same influx fostered the creation of organizations such as the Kokujin kenkyū no kai (The Japanese Association for Negro Studies) and literary endeavors such as the Kokujin bungaku zenshū (The Complete Anthology of Black Literature)

race is more important--and more pernicious--than ever

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And what place if any does race and racism continue to play in the life changes of African-Americans