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Classic Kwanzaa poems : new and selected / JohnnieRenee Nelson.
LIBRA - Rare PS3564.E465 A17 2003 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nelson, JohnnieRenee Nia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kwanzaa--Poetry.
- Kwanzaa.
- American poetry--African American authors.
- American poetry.
- Genre:
- Poetry.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 69 pages, 3 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- National City, Calif. : House of Nia, 2003.
- Contents:
- I. New. Come to the Kwanzaa Table; Kwanzaa always begins with a bang; Light the Kwanzaa candles; Tribal libation; The genius of Karenga; Raspberry rhythms; The high sounds of Kwanzaa; Spiral dance; Kwanzaa is rich; The Kwanzaa ceremonial table; House of Nia; Family photo; Kwanzaa praise poem; Drum circle; Full circle; A Pan African mask speaks; Kwanzaa bright and dark; How to celebrate Kwanzaa; How I rejoice; Ancestral interiors; Black alert; I keep in mind; Quiet Kwanzaa; Bush Bath Wrapsody; The end of Kwanzaa
- II. Selected. Come Kwanzaa; Keepers of our culture; Black Gold; Seven days of Kwanzaa; Aminata's Song; Shona; Masai men; Nguzo Saba (The seven principles); I love the rituals of Kwanzaa; The beauty of Kwanzaa; From Karenga with love; Kwanzaa love letter; Kwanzaa's phenomenal thing; Nia poem; Going the distance; Rebounding; Bad hair day; Kwanzaa Kwaheri.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- Banks Collection copy is former library copy with labels on front and back covers.
- ISBN:
- 0962320552
- 9780962320552
- OCLC:
- 52390608
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