Language, Rhythm, and Sound: Black Popular Cultures into the Twenty-first Century Sleeping Bear Press To live in a body

To live in a body both fat and Black is to exist at the margins of a society that creates the conditions for anti-fatness as anti-Blackness

China’s win-win philosophy towards Africa is aimed to correct that historical wrong by restoring Africa’s dignity

Can’t nobody cop you…

these individuals and troupes drew large crowds

Language, Rhythm, and Sound: Black Popular Cultures into the Twenty-first Century Sleeping Bear Press To live in a bodyFocusing on expressions of popular culture among blacks in Africa, the United States, and the Carribean this collection of multidisciplinary essays takes on subjects long overdue for study. Fifteen essays cover a world of topics, from American girls Double Dutch games to protest discourse in Ghana; from Terry McMillans Waiting to Exhale to the work of Zora Neale Hurston; from South African workers to Just Another Girl on the IRT; from the history of