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Title Adam of Ife : Black women in praise of Black men : poems / edited and with a foreword by Naomi Long Madgett ; illustrated by Carl Owens ; cover by Paul Goodnight.
Imprint Detroit, Mich. : Lotus Press, 1992.
Edition 1st ed.

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Subject American poetry -- African American authors.
American poetry -- Women authors.
African American men in literature.
Alt Name Madgett, Naomi Cornelia Long.
Owens, Carl,
Description 1 online resource (234 pages) : illustrations
Edition 1st ed.
Note Includes index.
Contents To be a man / Karla Francesca Brundage -- Praises / Irma McClaurin -- Katumwbe / Maketa Groves -- Sunflowers and Saturdays / Melba Joyce Boyd -- A little black poem 4 Larry / Leslie Reese -- A father's teaching / Elana Hayes -- Resurrections [#36] / Gloria Oden -- Even though we never went camping / Maria Madison -- My dad Is a magician / Leslie Reese -- A real father / Burniece Avery -- Papi was a dancing man / Avotcja -- For my father: on the gift of another eye / Dolores Kendrick -- Search / Johari Mahasin Rashad -- Poem for my father / Erica Annette Pierce -- Seasons / Rosalie Shannon -- J. Harrington: good/man Mississippi's son / A. Wanjiku H. Reynolds -- This warrior / Paulette Childress White -- The coach / Satiafa -- My father / May Miller -- He lives in me / Naomi Long Madgett -- Papa / Nubia Kai -- In knowledge of young boys / Toi Derricotte -- Birthday / Hilda Vest -- Oronde / Paulette Childress White -- Precious flowers / Greta White -- My gift to you / Johari Mahasin Rashad -- Waiting / Marilyn Elain Carmen -- I will not let them take you / Opal Palmer Adisa -- Sisterlove 1 / Johari Mahasin Rashad -- For Uri at 16 / Aneb Kgositsile -- To Kyasa, little brother / Aneb Kgositsile -- Young blood / Opal Palmer Adisa -- Nephews / Stella L. Crews -- From father to son / Opal Palmer Adisa -- Four poems for Gordon / Pinkie Gordon Lane -- For my brother / Monifa Atungaye -- My brother's hand / Dolores Kendrick -- To Darnell and Johnny / Melba Joyce Boyd -- October lament / Naomi Long Madgett -- A song of praise for the often overlooked men / Opal Palmer Adisa -- You are like the coming of dawn / Irma McClaurin -- Sam / Beverly Jarrett -- For yellow roses / Collette Armstead -- What I love / Devorah Major -- For Leonard / Naomi Long Madgett -- Song for my beloved / Erica Annette Pierce -- As I recount my love / Naomi F. Faust -- Black satin stallion / Phavia Kujichagulia -- On the edges / Karen Halliburton -- Love dreadlocked / Aneb Kgositsile -- Before making love / Toi Derricotte -- Desert / Karla Francesca Brundage -- Romance / Phavia Kujichagulia -- Seeking a more private word / Opal Palmer Adisa -- Peaches / Karla Francesca Brundage -- For the one / Jennifer E. Smith -- Summer Is coming / Pearl Cleage -- Harry's Afro hut / Lucy E. Thornton-Berry -- Direction / Aneb Kgositsile -- Blue lights in the basement / Pearl Cleage -- The clothes you color / [Malika] Odessa Davis -- A poem of praise / Jennifer E. Smith -- I am Willie or Amos ... / Aneb Kgositsile -- All the brothers / Beth Brown Preston -- Just love / Karen Halliburton -- Curtis Michael / Stella L. Crews -- Beautiful Black men / Nikki Giovanni -- Afrikan poet, arise / Wanda G. Winbush -- A short poem for righteous brothas because you are ... / Jennifer E. Smith -- Never on prime time / Lucy E. Thornton-Berry -- Who's really got the power? / Lucy E. Thornton-Berry -- Nat Turner / Nubia Kai -- Commitment 2 / Jayne Cortez -- Alain LeRoy Locke / May Miller -- Martin / Roxanne Whitaker -- Martin Luther King / Naomi F. Faust -- Little Mecca / Beth Brown Preston -- Malcolm / Nubia Kai -- Malcolm X / Roxanne Whitaker -- George Jackson / Jill Witherspoon Boyer -- Marley no die / Linda Cousins -- The league of defense / Melba Joyce Boyd -- Walk proud, my brother / Sibyl Rae Collins -- Mandala for Mandela / Aneb Kgositsile -- Black poet / Naomi Long Madgett -- To Langston / Regina B. Jennings -- On witnessing the receipt of an honorary degree by Sterling Brown / Beth Brown Preston -- Robert Hayden / Sybil Kein -- For Robert Hayden / May Miller -- Epitaph for Etheridge Knight / Melba Joyce Boyd -- For Haki / Satiafa -- A call-to-action poem / Jennifer E. Smith -- Zakee / Linda Cousins -- Barbecue Bob Hicks / Sybil Kein -- Herman / A. Wanjiku H. Reynolds -- Cousin George / A. Wanjiku H. Reynolds -- Uncle Gus / Dolores Kendrick -- Drum man / Wanda G. Winbush -- Leadbelly / Sybil Kein -- Jelly Roll Morton / Sybil Kein -- Louie / Sybil Kein -- Thots of Coltrane / Kenyette Adrine-Robinson -- Hendrix / Maketa Groves -- B.B. King / Sybil Kein -- Max Roach, the rhythm wizard / Avotcja -- African sunrunner / Wanda G. Winbush -- "The sun do move" / Naomi Long Madgett -- The blacksmith / Monifa Atungaye -- The janitor (circa 1940) / May Miller -- Joe Louis / Nubia Kai -- Muhammad Ali / Naomi F. Faust -- The champ vs. Coopman / Beth Brown Preston -- The polishers of brass / Toi Derricotte -- Like a phoenix / Sibyl Rae Collins -- Frontline / A. Wanjiku H. Reynolds -- Search for Black men: Vietnam post-mortem / Beverly Fields Burnette -- Don't listen / Abimbola Adama -- Receptive perspective / J.E.M. Jones -- The mask / Irma McClaurin -- Bring them home / Aneb Kgositsile -- Of men and clouds / Shirley Hayden-Whitley -- To the Black man / Cheryl Lynn Pastor -- Warriors welcome / Phavia Kujichagulia.
Note Print version record.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified star
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Note digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda
ISBN 058518254X (electronic bk.)
9780585182544 (electronic bk.)
0916418804
9780916418809
OCLC # 45732994
Additional Format Print version: Adam of Ife. 1st ed. Detroit, Mich. : Lotus Press, 1992 0916418804 (OCoLC)25599938
Table of Contents
 Foreword 
 To Be a Man / Karla Francesca Brundage17
 Praises / Irma McClaurin21
 Katumwbe / Maketa Groves22
 sunflowers and saturdays / Melba Joyce Boyd23
 A Little Black Poem 4 Larry / Leslie Reese25
 A Father's Teaching / Elana Hayes26
 Resurrections [#36] / Gloria Oden27
 Even Though We Never Went Camping / Maria Madison28
 My Dad Is a Magician / Leslie Reese29
 A Real Father / Burniece Avery32
 Papi Was a Dancing Man / Avotcja33
 For My Father: On the Gift of Another Eye / Dolores Kendrick35
 Search / Johari Mahasin Rashad38
 Poem for My Father / Erica Annette Pierce39
 Seasons / Rosalie Shannon40
 j. harrington: good/man mississippi's son / A. Wanjiku H. Reynolds41
 This Warrior / Paulette Childress White43
 The Coach / Satiafa44
 My Father / May Miller45
 He Lives in Me / Naomi Long Madgett46
 Papa / Nubia Kai48
 In Knowledge of Young Boys / Toi Derricotte53
 birthday / Hilda Vest54
 Oronde / Paulette Childress White55
 Precious Flowers / Greta White56
 My Gift to You / Johari Mahasin Rashad57
 Waiting / Marilyn Elain Carmen58
 I Will Not Let Them Take You / Opal Palmer Adisa59
 Sisterlove 1 / Johari Mahasin Rashad61
 For Uri at 16 / Aneb Kgositsile62
 To Kyasa, Little Brother / Aneb Kgositsile63
 young blood / Opal Palmer Adisa64
 Nephews / Stella L. Crews66
 From Father to Son / Opal Palmer Adisa67
 Four Poems for Gordon / Pinkie Gordon Lane69
 For My Brother / Monifa Atungaye72
 My Brother's Hand / Dolores Kendrick73
 To Darnell and Johnny / Melba Joyce Boyd75
 October Lament / Naomi Long Madgett76
 A Song of Praise for the Often Overlooked Men / Opal Palmer Adisa79
 You Are Like the Coming of Dawn / Irma McClaurin81
 Sam / Beverly Jarrett82
 For Yellow Roses / Collette Armstead83
 what i love / Devorah Major84
 For Leonard / Naomi Long Madgett85
 Song for My Beloved / Erica Annette Pierce86
 As I Recount My Love / Naomi F. Faust87
 Black Satin Stallion / Phavia Kujichagulia88
 On the Edges / Karen Halliburton89
 Love Dreadlocked / Aneb Kgositsile90
 Before Making Love / Toi Derricotte92
 Desert / Karla Francesca Brundage93
 Romance / Phavia Kujichagulia94
 Seeking a More Private Word / Opal Palmer Adisa96
 Peaches / Karla Francesca Brundage99
 For the One / Jennifer E. Smith100
 Summer Is Coming / Pearl Cleage103
 Harry's Afro Hut / Lucy E. Thornton-Berry104
 Direction / Aneb Kgositsile106
 Blue Lights in the Basement / Pearl Cleage107
 The Clothes You Color / [Malika] Odessa Davis108
 a poem of praise / Jennifer E. Smith109
 I Am Willie or Amos ... / Aneb Kgositsile110
 all the brothers / Beth Brown Preston111
 Just Love / Karen Halliburton112
 curtis michael / Stella L. Crews113
 Beautiful Black Men / Nikki Giovanni114
 Afrikan Poet, Arise / Wanda G. Winbush115
 a short poem for righteous brothas because you are .... / Jennifer E. Smith116
 Never on Prime Time / Lucy E. Thornton-Berry117
 Who's Really Got the Power? / Lucy E. Thornton-Berry118
 Nat Turner / Nubia Kai121
 Commitment 2 / Jayne Cortez123
 Alain LeRoy Locke / May Miller125
 Martin / Roxanne Whitaker126
 Martin Luther King / Naomi F. Faust127
 little mecca / Beth Brown Preston129
 Malcolm / Nubia Kai131
 Malcolm X / Roxanne Whitaker135
 George Jackson / Jill Witherspoon Boyer136
 marley no die / Linda Cousins138
 the league of defense / Melba Joyce Boyd139
 Walk Proud, My Brother / Sibyl Rae Collins141
 Mandala for Mandela / Aneb Kgositsile142
 Black Poet / Naomi Long Madgett143
 To Langston / Regina B. Jennings144
 On Witnessing the Receipt of an Honorary Degree by Sterling Brown / Beth Brown Preston145
 Robert Hayden / Sybil Kein147
 For Robert Hayden / May Miller149
 Epitaph for Etheridge Knight / Melba Joyce Boyd150
 For Haki / Satiafa153
 a call-to-action poem / Jennifer E. Smith154
 Zakee / Linda Cousins155
 Barbecue Bob Hicks / Sybil Kein159
 herman / A. Wanjiku H. Reynolds160
 cousin george / A. Wanjiku H. Reynolds163
 Uncle Gus / Dolores Kendrick165
 Drum Man / Wanda G. Winbush167
 Leadbelly / Sybil Kein168
 Jelly Roll Morton / Sybil Kein169
 Louie / Sybil Kein170
 Thots of Coltrane / Kenyette Adrine-Robinson171
 Hendrix / Maketa Groves172
 B. B. King / Sybil Kein173
 Max Roach/the Rhythm Wizard / Avotcja174
 African Sunrunner / Wanda G. Winbush179
 "The Sun Do Move" / Naomi Long Madgett180
 The Blacksmith / Monifa Atungaye181
 The Janitor (Circa 1940) / May Miller182
 Joe Louis / Nubia Kai183
 Muhammad Ali / Naomi F. Faust186
 the champ vs. coopman / Beth Brown Preston189
 The Polishers of Brass / Toi Derricotte190
 Like a Phoenix / Sibyl Rae Collins193
 frontline / A. Wanjiku H. Reynolds194
 Search for Black Men: Vietnam Post-Mortem / Beverly Fields Burnette198
 Don't Listen / Abimbola Adama200
 Receptive Perspective / J. E. M. Jones205
 The Mask / Irma McClaurin206
 Bring Them Home / Aneb Kgositsile207
 Of Men and Clouds / Shirley Hayden-Whitley208
 To the Black Man / Cheryl Lynn Pastor209
 Warriors Welcome / Phavia Kujichagulia214
 Acknowledgments217
 Biographical Notes221
 Index of Authors and Titles231
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