Black Critics and Kings: The Hermeneutics of Power in Yoruba Society

Black Critics and Kings: The Hermeneutics of Power in Yoruba SocietyHow can we account for the power of ritual? This is the guiding question of Black Critics and Kings, which examines how Yoruba forms of ritual and knowledge shape politics, history, and resistance against the state. Focusing on "deep" knowledge in Yoruba cosmology as an interpretive space for configuring difference, Andrew Apter analyzes ritual empowerment as an essentially critical practice, one that revises authoritative discourses of space, time,

The Summer of Bitter and Sweet

and a rooftop dance party

aquello parecía como si cualquier intento de civilización estuviera condenado al fracaso

packed with flavor

In the tradition of The Autobiography of Malcolm X and The Other Wes Moore

and Langston Hughes

and affecting

Sean responds by making the drive out to Miami to deal with the issue

you will find applicable insights

" --Kathleen Y’Barbo

Robbie is learning not just the rules but how to survive

And through it all