Dawnsong!: The Epic Memory of Askia Toure

The poems in this collection address the cultural and spiritual needs of Black people. In Dawnsong Toure successfully develops a heroic poetry that creates its own artistic matrix. In these poems Toure takes the reader back to ancient Egypt and, at the same time, demonstrates the relevance of Egyptian history and, at the same time, demonstrates the relevance of Egyptian history and mythology to the lives of contemporary Africans on the continent and in the diaspora.

Author: Askia Toure
Publisher: Third World Press
Published: 12/01/1999
Pages: 105
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.62h x 4.24w x 1.05d
ISBN: 9780883782095

Review Citation(s):
Black Issues Book Review 09/01/2000 pg. 39

About the Author

Askia Muhammad Toure (Roland Snellings) (born October 13, 1938 in Raleigh, North Carolina) is an African American poet, essayist, political editor, and leading voice of the Black Arts Movement.