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Brilliantly portrayed by a novelist with a talent for hyperbole and
downright yarning unequaled since Mark Twain, (Saturday Review),
this slave's-eye view of the Civil War exposes America's racial
foibles of the past and present with uninhibited humor and
panache.Mixing history, fantasy, political reality, and comedy,
Ishmael Reed spins the tale of three runaway slaves and the master
determined to catch them. His on-target parody of fugitive slave
narratives and other literary forms includes a hero who boards a
jet bound for Canada; Abraham Lincoln waltzing through slave
quarters to the tune of Hello, Dolly; and a plantation mistress
entranced by TV's Beecher Hour. Filled with insights into the
political consciences (or lack thereof) of both blacks and whites,
Flight to Canada confirms Reed's status as a great writer (James
Baldwin).A demonized Uncle Tom's Cabin, a book that reinvents the
particulars of slavery in America with comic rage. -- The New York
Times Book ReviewWears the mantle of Baldwin and Ellison like a
high-powered Flip Wilson in drag...a terrifically funny book. --
Baltimore Sun
This multidisciplinary volume includes an international roster of
contributors who explore how mass hysteria has emerged among people
across the globe as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The
contributors provide international perspectives on the effects of
this "corohysteria" in areas such as education, healthcare,
religion, psychology, mathematics, economics, media, racism,
politics, etc. They argue the hysteria, angst, fear, unrest, and
difficulties associated with the pandemic are exploited to foster
political and social agendas and have led to the undermining of
national and global responses to the virus.
The negative impacts associated with conventional tourism has
occasioned more sustainable forms of tourism including
community-based tourism (CBT). Among the benefits of CBT are the
improvement of rural economies, empowerment of the local community,
and poverty alleviation. In as much as CBT has been promoted as
being more beneficial to local communities, its implementation is
not without challenges. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic,
destination marketing organizations and managers of CBT projects
have to adopt different marketing strategies including shifting to
target new demographics in an effort to remain sustainable.
Prospects and Challenges of Community-Based Tourism and Changing
Demographics provides theoretical and empirical insights in the
prospects and challenges associated with CBT, critically examining
issues of structure, impact, management, marketing, support,
changing demographics, challenges, sustainability, and implications
for the future of CBT. It also highlights critical lessons and
trends in CBT from both established and new CBT initiatives to
inform the design, management, marketing, and sustainability of CBT
projects. This book will be a useful addition to the literature on
CBT with its coverage of topics such as conservation, cultural
tourism, and sustainable rural livelihoods. This book provides an
excellent resource for students, academicians, researchers, tourism
and hospitality practitioners, managers, destination managers,
stakeholders, tour operators, and policymakers.
The chronological compilation of Letters to the Editor presented in
ESPYLACOPA covers twenty-five years of opinions from the author
published by various newspapers across America and Europe. The
observations within ESPYLACOPA reflect the progressively relevancy
of Muslim insight into the development of political, social and
spiritual trends in America. As Islam continues to be more relevant
in America in the days and years to come, the message offered in
this little book may serve as a welcomed gift of enlightenment to
those readers who seek a fuller understanding of Islam and Muslims
and choose to prepare for the beginning of the journey into an
inheritable tomorrow. The viewpoints offered in ESPYLACOPA by a
Muslim born and raised in Mississippi and who is a veteran of the
U.S. Air Force are intended to promote social justice and spiritual
enhancement and shine a light on the path into the future as the
relationship between Islam and the Americas becomes more
intertwined and amicable, inshallah (God willing).
The first-person account of a 26-year-old who fought in the war in
Sierra Leone as a 12-year-old boy. ‘My new friends have begun to
suspect that I haven't told them the full story of my life. “Why
did you leave Sierra Leone?” “Because there is a war.” “You
mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each
other?” “Yes, all the time.” “Cool.” I smile a little.
“You should tell us about it sometime.” “Yes, sometime.”’
This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs
and wielding AK-47s. There are more than fifty conflicts going on
worldwide and it is estimated there are some 300,000 child soldiers
fighting. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What is war like
through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer?
How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by
journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives.
But until now, there has not been a first-person account from
someone who came through this hell and survived. Ishmael Beah, now
twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of
twelve in Sierra Leone, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a
land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he'd been
picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy,
found he was capable of truly terrible acts. This is a rare and
mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and
heartbreaking honesty.
After a lifetime of being a church member, and leading the Church,
as a Teacher, Ruling Elder, Lay Speaker, Lay Preacher, and a
certified Lay Pastor, this is my understanding of the power of
God's word. God's Word is the most powerful thing in the cosmic
universe. By His Word He can create, sustain, or destroy. He
created the universe, and created mankind in His own image. This is
a synoptic of the use of His word, from the beginning to the
present time and an account of those persons, who have accepted
Jesus as their Lord and Savior, and became His disciples, and
carried his message throughout the world.
Mystic Parallax is the first major monograph by rising
interdisciplinary artist Awol Erizku. Working across photography,
film, video, painting, and installation, his work references and
re-imagines African American and African visual culture, from hip
hop vernacular to Nefertiti, while nodding to traditions of
spirituality and Surrealism. This comprehensive monograph spans
Erizku's career, blending his studio practice with his work as an
in-demand editorial photographer working regularly for the New
Yorker, New York magazine, Time, and GQ, among others, and features
his conceptual portraits of Black cultural icons, such as Solange,
Amanda Gorman, and Michael B. Jordan. As Erizku recently told the
New York Times, "It's important for me to create confident,
powerful, downright regal images of Black people." Featuring essays
by critically acclaimed author Ishmael Reed, curator Ashley James,
and writer Doreen St. Felix, and interviews with the artist by Urs
Fischer and Antwaun Sargent, Mystic Parallax is a luminous and
arresting testament to the artist's tremendous power and
originality.
'A great writer' James Baldwin 'Part vision, part satire, part
farce ... a wholly original, unholy cross between the craft of
fiction and witchcraft' The New York Times A plague is spreading
across 1920s America, racing from New Orleans to New York. It's an
epidemic of free expression, carried by black artists, and its
symptoms are an uncontrollable urge to dance, sing, laugh and jive.
The state will stop at nothing to suppress the outbreak, but, deep
in the heart of Harlem, private eye and Vodum priest Papa LaBas has
other ideas - and, possibly, the key to everything. A freewheeling,
explosive blend of jazz, ragtime, ancient myth, magic and
conspiracy thriller, this anarchic postmodern classic is a satire
for our times.
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Insomnia (Hardcover)
Ishmael Fiifi Annobil
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R1,945
Discovery Miles 19 450
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The writings of six choreographers are assembled in this book and
the leap they have taken to go from the medium of choreography into
written text constitutes a form of translation. Some of the texts
investigate the possibilities of written language as invention,
others use it as a means to illustrate specific tenets or describe
choreographic projects. All yield insight into the process of
coaxing language from the body.
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