3000 years of black poetry
Subtitle: an anthology
By: edited by Alan Lomax and Raoul Abdul.
Contributors: Abdul, Raoul, joint comp.
Publisher: Dodd, Mead
Published: 1970
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 261
Subjects: Poetry -- Black authors; Blacks -- Poetry
Description: Includes roots of black poetry in Africa, from primitive song, and extends to Egypt, Latin America, the West Indies, and the rural and urban streets of our country. The poetry of black Africa speaks directly to us over time and distance.