Claudia Rankine, Citizen (2014)
Linton Kwesi Johnson, Selected Poems (2006)
Roy McFarlane, '...they killed them' (2018) - see file at foot of this page
Malika Booker, selections from Pepper Seed (2013) - see foot of page
Safia Elhillo, selections from The January Children (2017) - see foot of page
Useful links relating to Linton Kwesi Johnson:
Sonny’s Lettah http://www.poetrybyheart.org.uk/poems/sonny-lettah/
Five Nights of Bleeding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egye9tBl-y8
New Cross Massahkah (2 versions) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUMYAqAlAXA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3zEzo__BwY
Reggae Fi Dada (2 choices) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egye9tBl-y8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypzmgs1dLwo
Bass Culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWaovED4tcs
Critical Perspectives and Background Reading:
http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/ca/00/40/01/11/00001/pdf.pdf
https://ufsj.edu.br/portal2-repositorio/File/vertentes/v.%2019%20n.%201/Franca_Junior.pdf
| wideman_all_stories002.docx |
| hope_and_hopelessness_a_dialogue.pdf |
Links to Essential Reading:
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| booker_red_ants_bite.pdf |
| state_violence_-_malika_booker.docx |