An inspirational memoir and call to action from prison reform activist Yusef Salaam, of the Exonerated Five, that inspires us all to turn our stories into tools for change in the pursuit of racial jus
This book advances a re-imagined view of caring in higher education. The author proposes an argument of rhythmic caring, whereby teachers hold back or release their judgments in such a way that studen
Education, Assessment, and the Desire for Dissonance aims to address the contentious practice of assessment in schools and universities within a poststructuralist educational paradigm. Within the theo
Education, Assessment, and the Desire for Dissonance aims to address the contentious practice of assessment in schools and universities within a poststructuralist educational paradigm. Within the theo
African Studies/Theatre/Religion/History Break-ins, vandalism, hostility between two of Elijah Muhammad’s top lieutenants, and now message pads are missing from Muhammad’s office in h
African Studies/Theatre/Religion/History Break-ins, vandalism, hostility between two of Elijah Muhammad’s top lieutenants, and now message pads are missing from Muhammad’s office in h
Much of the literature on the African philosophy of education juxtaposes two philosophical strands as mutually exclusive entities; traditional ethnophilosophy on the one hand, and ‘scientific’ African
The wildly enchanting new collection from the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa"If I am not Ulysses, I am / his dear, ruthless half-brother." So announces Yusef Komunyakaa
Much of the literature on the African philosophy of education juxtaposes two philosophical strands as mutually exclusive entities; traditional ethnophilosophy on the one hand, and ‘scientific’ African
A Boston Globe Best Poetry Book of 2011A new and intimate collection from one of America's most important poetsThe latest collection from one of our preeminent poets, The Chameleon Couch is also one o
Conceptions of Islamic Education: Pedagogical Framings argues that madaris (Muslim schools) cannot exclusively be held responsible for the cultivation of extremism. Islamic education can most appropri
Concerned that Islamic educational institutions are being blamed for inculcating extremism, Waghit (philosophy of education, Stellenbosch U., South Africa) draws on his own experience teaching at a ma
The latest collection from one of our preeminent poets, The Chameleon Couch is also one of Yusef Komunyakaa's most personal to date. As in his breakthrough work Copacetic, Komunyakaa writes of music
This powerful collection of Yusef Komunyakaa’s poetry delves, with his characteristic allusiveness, intelligence, and intensity, into an age of war and conflict, both global and internal, racia
This powerful new collection of Yusef Komunyakaa’s poetry delves into an age of war and conflict, both global and internal, racial and sexual. “Sweetheart, was I talking war in my sleep /
With the allusive leaps and improvisational chops of a jazz soloist, Yusef Komunyakaa is our great poet of connectivity--the secret blood that links slave and master, explorer and native, stranger and
Yusef Komunyakaa has become one of America's most compelling poets. Pleasure Dome gathers over twenty-five years of work, including early uncollected poems and a rich selection of new poems.
A daredevil poetic achievement nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award . . . A god isn't worthA drop of water in the hell of his goodImagination, if we can't curse Sunsets & threaten
