Songhai! / by Askia Muhammad Touré.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Touré, Askia M.

Contributor:

Joanna Banks Collection of African American Books (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black Muslims--Poetry.

Black Muslims.

American literature--African American authors.

American literature.

Genre:

Poetry.

Penn Provenance:

Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)

Physical Description:

12 unnumbered pages, 70 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Songhai Press, 1972.

Contents:

Side 1-Rhythm & Blues

Side 2-Love/Black Love (for the Sistas)

Side 3-Jihad (Spiritual Fire/Ritual)

Side 4-Revolutionary Sketches.

Notes:

"This book is the product of a collective African-American artists' project featuring photographer Bilal A. M. Farid, who created both front and back covers; artist Abdul Rahman of the Weusi Nyumba Ya Sanaa Gallery, who created the sktches and designs; and poet Askia Muhammad Touré."--T.p. verso.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.

Banks Collection copy is "First Printing October 1972".

OCLC:

1191887