The Eloquence of the Scribes by Ayi Kwei Armah slavery Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin

They can feel it in the air even though most cannot identify it or touch it

and it will be a great addition to African-American history collections

entitle “EMANCIPATION

Realizing a long-burning desire

The Eloquence of the Scribes by Ayi Kwei Armah slavery Aretha FranklinThis memoir on the ancient sources and future resources of African literature, gives colonial Africanist preconceptions of Africas literary heritage a clean burial. Citing new evidence on oral and written traditions, it shows that Africas old oral culture, antedating the pyramids, was the matrix from which emerged the hieroglyphic literature and ancient Egypt. Armah argues that traditions of ancient Egypt and feudal Africa, sharing numerous myths,