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Back to Penny Hole Forever
Odimumba Kwamdela, J. Ashton Brathwaite
Fiction and non-fiction, sociopolitical commentary and humor. The author tells of his experiences in the different nations where he lived. Very touching is his boyhood in Barbados, his little village Penny Hole. $10.
 
Journey Through Jailhouse Jeopardy: A Good New York City Teacher Ends Up Down in Bad Rikers Island Jail
Odimumba Kwamdela
Format: Paperback Pub. Date: April 2004 0941266311 The latest book by recently retired New York City high school teacher Kwamdela is a no-holds-barred account of the reasons for NYC schools spiraling downward out of control. Especially captivating is his lengthy account of his years teaching adolescent inmates-students in infamous, volatile Rikers Island Jail. 285 pages so tough you’ll often gasp; yet some humor that will make you laugh. $15
 
 
Niggers This Is Canada
Odimumba Kwamdela, J. Ashton Brathwaite
Reprint of the 1972 true-to-life novel, given labels such as “controversial”, “frightening,” and “underground classic,” but there is much humor in the story.Format: Paperback Rev Pub. Date: January 1985 0941266028

Searching Soul Down Inna Southern Africa
Odimumba Kwamdela, J. Ashton Brathwaite

Format: Paperback Pub. Date: September 1998 0941266133 The author documents his 1998 sojourn in South Africa and bordering nations in such a manner that readers will get the feeling of being right there beside him sharing in this most interesting experience. $6.


Soul Surviving up in Canada
Odimumba Kwamdela, J. Ashton Brathwaite
 Format: Paperback Pub. Date: November 1999 0941266141 Though an interesting book unto itself and written several years later while living in the USA, the author refers to it as “the final chapters” to the so-called “controversial” Niggers this is Canada. $10.

Blood-Boiling Black Blues
Format: Paperback REVISED Pub. Date: July 1983

Grassroots Philosopher

The Small Black Book of Big Thoughts
The Small Black Book of Big Thoughts: The author presents his many short Afrocentric philosophies in such a manner that leaves no doubt that he indeed believes he is the Prophet with the answers to the problems faced by people of African ancestry. $6.

Black British Soldier:
Reprint of the 1969 first book of its kind…Civil war, racial prejudice, alcohol, sex, barrack room brawls, working-class soldiers under all upper-class, snobbish officers. $10.


Raining Ruins, Roses & Rockstones
Four novellas about Caribbean immigrants in the United States and Canada that will make you laugh one minute and cry the next. $10.
Behold! The Grassroots Philosopher-Poet (audio, with soulful rhythms): A powerful poetic experience from the sociopolitical conscious 1970s. CD contains 65 minutes of: 1) The Righteous Blackman, 2) Mother Earth/Blackwoman, 3) Burn Babylon, 4) Great Lumumba of Congo, 5) Bajan in the Big Countries, 6) African Roots People, 7) Back to Penny Hole Forever, 8) Ham’s Blues, 9) Death and Birth of The Prophet M.L.King, 10) Return of Sodom and Gomorrah, 11)The Red, the Black and the Green, 12) The Poor Revolution, 13) Return to Barbados, 14) Brixton on Fire, 15) Jewel in the Mud, 16) Shadow of Death, 17) Extinction of A Root. $12.
Recovery: The Lost and Found Poetry of Alkamal Soul
Journey Free: The Eighth House
Keyvisions 1.0
The Mystery Man
Rest in a Thought

 

 

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Mighty Sparrow, Calypso King of the World
Mighty Sparrow,
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The Mighty Sparrow's impact in the calypso arena cries out to be debated: Is this "Nat King Cole of calypso" indeed the greatest calypsonian of all time? Read about the Mighty Sparrow's rise from a youth to King and the many influences and friendly rivalries he met along his journey!

 


 

 

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