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This collection of interviews with Amiri Baraka, the former LeRoi Jones and a key figure in the worldwide black liberation movement, provides an extraordinary insight not only into African American literature but also into the turmoil and passions of the ""black experience"" during the second half of the twentieth century.As they offer an understanding of the political turbulence of his times, these interviews provide special insights into Baraka's works, his anger, and his career. Not only does Baraka criticize and explain his most celebrated works, but also his comments supply a rich context for understanding the African American experience.Throughout these candid conversations Baraka maintains his belief in the firm alliance of art and social criticism. ""To me, social commentary and art cannot be divorced. Art and life are the same: art comes out of life, art is a reflection of life, art is life.""Here is a collection that contains nearly all of the major interviews this poet, playwright, fiction writer, essayist, and social activist has given in his long and controversial career. Four of them have not been previously published. Included here are interviews conducted by Maya Angelou, Austen Clarke, and David Frost, as well as a new interview Baraka granted the editor of this volume.
Baraka, Imamu Amiri --- Interviews --- African American authors --- 20th century --- Political activists --- United States --- Social reformers --- Baraka, Amiri,
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The book traces the history of African American theatre from its beginnings to the present. It analyses the types of plays written for this theatre, identifies the perennial problems faced by theatre artists and producing companies, and makes bold, innovative proposals for the theatre's healthy survival. The book draws on a considerable body of information that is carefully assembled in a lively accessible language. Professor Hay suggests that this theatre has been not only the cultural repository for African American life and history but also the forum where important ideas and aspirations of a people have been advanced and argued. The book presents a coherent and detailed scrutiny of the major stages of the development of African American theatre.
African American theater --- American drama --- Théâtre noir américain --- Théâtre américain --- History --- African American authors --- History and criticism --- Histoire --- Auteurs noirs américains --- Histoire et critique --- Théâtre noir américain --- Théâtre américain --- Auteurs noirs américains --- 820 <73> --- 820 <73> Amerikaanse literatuur --- Amerikaanse literatuur --- Theatrical science --- United States --- Baraka, Imamu Amiri --- Childress, Alice --- Du Bois, William Edward Burghardt --- Hughes, Langston --- Hewlett, James --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- African Americans --- African Americans in literature. --- History. --- History and criticism. --- Intellectual life. --- Afro-Americans in literature --- Negroes in literature --- African American intellectuals --- Afro-American theater --- Theater, African American --- Theater --- United States of America --- Afro-american theatre
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