Multimedia Collection
Amiri Baraka
(Lannan Literary Videos series)
VHS
60 minutes
PS3552 .A583 Z521 1991
Amiri Baraka, born Leroi Jones in Newark, New Jersey, in 1934, is a poet, playright, novelist and essayist who has written about music, politics and culture. He is also a political activist who was instrumental in founding the Congress of African People. Mr. Baraka read from Boptrees and unpublished work in his politically charged, jazz-influenced performance in Los Angeles on February 11, 1991. Amiri Baraka was interviewed by poet Lewis MacAdams.
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