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Askia M. Touré Table

 
 

 

Books by Askia M. Touré

From the Pyramids to the Projects: Poems of Genocide and Resistance!  / Dawnsong:The Epic Memory of Askia Toure

African Affirmations: Songs for Patriots /  Biography - Toure, Askia Muhammad Abu Bakr el (1938-)

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Overview

Askia Muhammad Touré (Ronald Snellings)—born on October 13, 1938 in Raleigh, North Carolina to Clifford Roland Snellings, Jr. and Nannie Lynette Bullock—right alongside Amiri Baraka , Larry Neal, Sonia Sanchez, Audre Lorde, June Jordan, etc., is considered one of the principal architects of the 1960s Black Arts/Black Aesthetic movements. A member of the legendary Umbra Group and of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, Touré has remained an activist poet of conscience throughout his years. His other books include Earth (1968), JuJu: Magic Songs for the Black Nation (with playwright Ben Caldwell / 1970), Songhai! (1972), and From the Pyramids to the Projects (1990), which won an American Book Award. Widely published in Black Scholar, Soulbook, Black Theatre, Black World, and Freedomways, his poems and essays have embodied the ideology of a people seeking to reclaim their images and history. His recent publications include two collections of poetry Mother Earth Responds: Green Poems and Alternative Visions (Whirlwind Press), and African Affirmations: Songs for Patriots (Africa World Press). more

Table

Askia on Pan Africanism  

Askia Touré and Marvin X on Black Studies

Ashe a Poem for Iya Barbara Ann Teer

Black Arts and Cultural Revolution: A Brief History—1966 to 1980

Dawnsong Reviews  

The Official Askia Toure Website

Osirian Rhapsody: A Myth    

Rudy Interviews Askia Touré     

Rudy Interviews Askia Touré 2   

 

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"Kish Mir Tuchas, Baby"  (Jack Newfield)

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Marvin X and Fresno State University 

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Remembering Professor Lorenzo Thomas (Van G. Garrett)

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Tributes Obituaries Remembrances

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A Praise Song for Askia

                              By  Marvin X

Warrior man master wordsmith

lyrical singer of liberation

in the wilderness of north of america

slaying of the beasts dragons demons of the mind heart soul of trashmen

down from warriors

up from slavery

up from ignot

up from negrocities (baraka term)

Askia we love you the world over

those who know and don't know

love is a spirit thing my man

you are not forgotten in history your hands made

your love songs to African queens your poems made

thrilling us with the magic of your mind

I was there when the walls of Spelman fell from the power of

your poem Venus and Serena

black women wailed with joy

I saw you afraid of your own word power

I was afraid of the earthquake you unleashed

Mighty Man do not be afraid history will deny your deeds

don't worry about academe and media freaks of capitalism and slavery

just do the work and in the end

ancestors shall rejoice

the living and yet unborn shall cry tears of joy at the warrior blood of your pen.

15 March 2009

Peace and love—Marvin X

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posted 23 April 2009

 

 

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