- Paperback: 152 pages
- Publisher: Orbis Books (August 18, 1992)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0883448432
- ISBN-13: 978-0883448434
Cone explores two classic aspects of African-American culture--the
spirituals and the blues. He tells the captivating story of how slaves
and the children of slaves used this music to affirm their essential
humanity in the face of oppression. The blues are shown to be a
"this-worldly" expression of cultural and political rebellion. The
spirituals tell about the "attempt to carve out a significant existence
in a very trying situation."
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