and why
2006-10-12 11:14:00 · 12 answers · asked by Nafertiti 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I have more than one (sorry, but each one is UNIQUE) -
ER Braithwaite who wrote 'To Sir with Love' - it made me cry when I read excerpt from it (I was 13 years old and it was in my school curriculum)
The other one is Chinua Achebe - his book "Things Fall Apart" taught me a lot about Africa.
Another book ROOTS by Alex Haley also taught me about the history of African Americans to an extent.
2006-10-12 11:27:43 · answer #1 · answered by estee06 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
When I read a book, I pretty much have no idea what the person who wrote it looks like. Maybe some of my favorite books were written my black people. I don't know. I have favorite books, not having anyting to do with the skin color of who wrote them.
2006-10-12 22:23:01 · answer #2 · answered by Coco 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Richard Wright. He was an American Camus, Dostoevsky. I share his existential point of view. However, Ralph Ellison is a better writer...another Hugo or Dickens...a supreme talent in constructing sentences. August Wilson is our best playwright, Rita Dove one of our best poet.When I say "our" I'm referring to Americans' best...Wilson is a poet. Dove is very moving...plus, I've met her and she was pretty, and strong. And James Baldwin was as much a stylist as Truman Capote. Wow! And this new crop, the Johnsons,
impossible, black writers are as diversified as white writer...Wright or Ellison, I guess.
2006-10-12 18:21:32 · answer #3 · answered by robert r 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Toni Morrison, because she won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
2006-10-12 18:16:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Toni Morrison.
2006-10-12 18:16:15 · answer #5 · answered by SouthernBelle 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Alice Walker because she is not afraid to take on difficult cultural subjects regarding the abuses done to black women.
2006-10-12 18:18:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Ralph Ellison. No particular reason, I just really enjoyed Invisible Man.
2006-10-12 18:17:32 · answer #7 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Alice Walker - She captures the strength of African women through the turbulent 60's and onward...
2006-10-12 18:17:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Maya Angelou. I read I know why the cage bird sings when i was 12. and i loved it. and I was hooked. it has really stuck with me all these years. Plus I admire her greatly
2006-10-12 18:20:37 · answer #9 · answered by Belladonna 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Maya Angelou...her writing reaches my heart
2006-10-12 18:16:06 · answer #10 · answered by BellaDonna 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋