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Black as I am : [poems] / by Zindzi Mandela and [photographs] by Peter Magubane ; foreword: Andrew Young.

LIBRA - Rare PR9369.3.M346 B57 1978 Banks copy
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Mandela, Zindzi, 1960-2020.
Contributor:
Young, Andrew, 1932- writer of foreword.
Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mandela, Zindzi, 1960-2020 contributor of poetry.
Mandela, Zindzi.
Magubane, Peter photographer.
Magubane, Peter.
Squatter settlements--South Africa--20th century--Pictorial works.
Squatter settlements.
Poetry, Modern--20th century.
Poetry, Modern.
South African poetry (English)--20th century.
South African poetry (English).
South Africa.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
Illustrated works.
Penn Provenance:
Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
Physical Description:
120 pages : photographs ; 28 cm
Place of Publication:
Los Angeles, California : The Guild of Tutors Press, 1978.
Contents:
Home is where sorrow is born
Gimme just a little bite
Dream of frustration
Savior
If my right hand was black
Lord we are black
Holy baptism
Standing close to time
Ode to my father
Lock the place in your heart
Children
Drink from my empty cup
His unspoken words
The current gone away
The song that life plays
Women
Dry my tears
Suicide came to me
Mother
I felt so depressed
Childhood days
The black bird
A furnace of hands
In a troubled dream
Where are you
Hold my hand
There are families
The night comes out
So you've heard it before
Child
Leaning dangerously
She lay on the tombstone
Why does every pain
Go
Arriving in a cold damp house
I need a neighbor who will live
My mind was blurred
Take my hand
She silenced him
It was dark
The cold wind crept
Sitting, side by side
I waited for you last night
His face a sorrowful sight
My heart was empty
Anger like warm milk
She uses her chief possession
I have tried hard
Curiosity
A forehead creased
There's an unknown river in Soweto
Loneliness
Your rivers of glory
Yes, it is me.
Notes:
"A prize-winning photographer and a major new writing discovery tell the moving story of South Africa's shanty-towns"--Cover.
"Edited and designed by Paul O. Proehl. Set in Helvetica."
Includes index.
Back cover has copy of written comment by Kenneth Rexroth .
ISBN:
0896150011 :

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