Mighty Sparrow,
Calypso King of the World
Odimumba Kwamdela
(J. Ashton Brathwaite)
The Mighty Sparrow's impact in the calypso arena
contains
many
issues
that
cry
out
to
be
hotly
debated:
Is
this
"Nat
King
Cole
of
calypso"
indeed
the
greatest
calypsonian
of
all
time?
Read
about
the
Mighty
Sparrow's
rise from poor boy in Trinidad to becoming the undisputed
Calypso
King
of
the
World.
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: April 2004
ISBN: 0941266311
Journey Through Jailhouse Jeopardy: A Good New York City Teacher Ends Up Down
in Bad Rikers Island Jail
Odimumba
Kwamdela
(J. Ashton Brathwaite)
This
book
by
retired
New
York
City
high
school
teacher
Kwamdela
is a
no-holds-barred
account
of
why
NYC
schools
spiral
downward
& out
of
control.
Especially
captivating
are
his accounts of
his
years
teaching
adolescent
inmates
"locked
down"
in
in volatile Rikers
Island
Jail.
Grassroots Philosopher &
The Prophet
Next Door
Soul in the Wilderness Odimumba Kwamdela
(J. Ashton Brathwaite)
The reprint of the 1971 book just out of Her Majesty's Army, back to
civilian life in London, no longer the gullible teen when he sign on for 9
years, but aware and angry, he struggles with the present, looks back on
the past, and contemplates the future. $10
Format: Paperback
Rev Pub. Date: January 1985
ISBN: 0941266028
Niggers This Is Canada
Odimumba Kwamdela
(J. Ashton Brathwaite)
Reprint of the 1972 reality-based fiction book. So long was the original version
labeled
“controversial” in Canada to elicit much surprise when eventually the label
“underground classic” took over.
Norman Alexander
Alkamal Jemmott