| Song for Anninho Contributor(s): Jones, Gayl (Author) |
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ISBN: 0807068551 ISBN-13: 9780807068557 Publisher: Beacon Press OUR PRICE: $13.86 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2000 Annotation: This exquisite book-length poem based closely on history and set in colonial Brazil, recounts the destruction of Palmares, the last of seven fugitive slave enclaves beset by the Portuguese. Amid the flight and re-enslavement of its inhabitants emerges the love store of Anninho and Almeyda, former African slaves. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| Series: Bluestreak |
| Physical Information: 0.38" H x 5.43" W x 8" (0.31 lbs) 136 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Ethnic Orientation - African - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This exquisite book-length poem is set in colonial Brazil, following the destruction of Palmares, the last of seven fugitive slave enclaves beset by the Portuguese. Amid the flight and reenslavement of its inhabitants emerges the love story of Anninho and Almeyda, former African slaves. Song for Anninho offers readers some of Gayl Jones's very best verse. |