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Roots and Legends celebrates the richness of African culture with over 50 timeless folktales.

Pass down the powerful teachings of African oral tradition by adding this luxe illustrated volume of over 50 cultural folktales to your home library. In this captivating collection of folklore from African culture, discover the stories that have been passed down through generations and continue to teach valuable lessons today through their vibrant, illustrative language. With over 50 folktales,&nbsp;Roots and Legends celebrates the richness of African customs and life, and champions the importance of oral tradition, a practice that rose up through the dark times of slavery and oppression. Thoughtfully curated and richly illustrated, Roots and Legends features the wonder and educational lessons of cultural stories and figures such as: <ul><li>Why Spiders Are Always Found in the Corners of Ceilings</li><li>How the Tortoise Got Its Shell</li><li>Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky</li><li>How Mr. Lion Lost His Wool</li><li>Brother Bear’s Big House</li><li>Brer Rabbit and the Gold Mine</li><li>Morning Sunrise</li><li>Diddy-Wah-Diddy</li><li>Uncle Monday</li><li>A Ghost Story About an Aunt</li><li>Farmer Mybrow and the Fairies</li><li>And more!</li></ul> Divided into four sections (Why Things Are the Way They Are; Morals Taught through Animals Tales; Bearing Witness; and People with Unusual Powers) covering the spiritual nature of animals, people, the land and its sometimes spooky inhabitants, and more, each page is filled with timeless tales of heroes, tricksters, and everyday wisdom, and invites you to immerse yourself in the depth and beauty of African folklore. Featuring historic stories with a modern editorial review, this deluxe collectible edition includes original illustrations and an embellished, giftable package. A perfect choice for families interested in passing down African heritage through storytelling traditions, Roots and Legends will enchant readers of all ages through its beautifully illustrated and accessible collection of folklore.

Editors of Wellfleet Press: Roots and
Legends

Roots and Legends

Folktales from African Culture

IntroductionWhy Things Are the Way They AreAnansi and NothingWhy Spiders Are Always Found in the Corners of CeilingsHow Wisdom Became the Property of the Human RaceWhy the Lizard Continually Moves His Head Up and DownWhy We See Ants Carrying Bundles as Big as ThemselvesThunder and AnansiOhia and the Thieving DeerWhy Men and Women Don’t Have Tails Like CowsHow the Gopher Turtle Was MadeHow the Tortoise Got Its ShellHow Mushrooms First GrewWhy the Sun and the Moon Live in the SkyWhy the Moon Waxes and WanesWhy the Moon and the Stars Receive Their Light from the SunMorals Taught Through Animal TalesThe Squirrel and the SpiderThe Leopard and the RamTo Lose an Elephant for the Sake of a Wren is a Very Foolish Thing to DoWhy the Leopard Can Only Catch Prey on Its Left SideThe Lion and the WolfRabbit Rides WolfKing Chameleon and the AnimalsThe Creeturs Go to the BarbecueBrer Rabbit’s FrolicBrer Rabbit Finds the Moon in the Mill PondBrother Bear's Big HouseHow Mr. Lion Lost His WoolBrer Rabbit’s Flying TripBrer Rabbit and the Gold MineHow Brer Rabbit Got a HouseBrer Rabbit and the Partridge NestBrer Rabbit Gets Brer Fox a HossBrer Rabbit Treats the Creeturs to a RaceThe Tar BabyBearing WitnessBig John Gives Old Master a SignMorning SunriseThe Swimming ContestThe FightBig Feet ContestThe YearlingDividing SoulsThe Talking Eggs: A Story from LouisianaBig SixteenDiddy-Wah-DiddyPeople with Unusual PowersUncle MondayRailroad BillA Ghost Story About an AuntThe Tail of the Princess ElephantHow a Hoodoo Doctor WorksÓgún and Aerosol ArtThe Ballad of John HenryFarmer Mybrow and the FairiesThe MermaidBraziel Robinson and the Root-DoctorsThe Flying ManPermissionsResourcesIndex

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A personal meditation on, examination of, and tribute to Black single motherhood, unapologetically told through poignant essays and candid interviews, by a celebrated cultural critic. Through her signature candid, humorous and yet often biting takes, Lemieux suffers no fools while also courageously revealing the scars of her own parenting journey and search for self-acceptance in a world that doesn’t see the full worth of women like her. With a particular verve and relatability—honed, in part, from her many years among “Black Twitter’s” most prominent voices—Lemieux puts the lived reality of Black single motherhood: uncertainty, fierceness, and sensuality on full display. Interspersed with beautifully written personal narrative, readers will find cultural and historical analysis, and interviews with single mothers from all walks of life, telling it how it really is.&nbsp; Baby Mamas Day is a bold testament to the multifaceted Black single mother and an invitation to all readers to finally recognize this powerful figure for who&nbsp;she&nbsp;is—not&nbsp;bad, but so, so good.

A personal meditation on, examination of, and tribute to Black single motherhood, unapologetically told through poignant essays and candid interviews, by a celebrated cultural critic. Through her signature candid, humorous and yet often biting takes, Lemieux suffers no fools while also courageously revealing the scars of her own parenting journey and search for self-acceptance in a world that doesn’t see the full worth of women like her. With a particular verve and relatability—honed, in part, from her many years among “Black Twitter’s” most prominent voices—Lemieux puts the lived reality of Black single motherhood: uncertainty, fierceness, and sensuality on full display. Interspersed with beautifully written personal narrative, readers will find cultural and historical analysis, and interviews with single mothers from all walks of life, telling it how it really is.&nbsp; Black. Single. Mother. is a bold testament to the multifaceted Black single mother and an invitation to all readers to finally recognize this powerful figure for who&nbsp;she&nbsp;is—not&nbsp;bad, but so, so good.

Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging

Black. Single. Mother

A nuclear historian gives a new, surprising account of one of the most controversial actions in history-how the United States deployed the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II-and the fallout that continues to haunt us. In the eight decades since the United States deployed the most destructive weapon ever used, conventional wisdom has held that American leaders were faced with a difficult choice: Invade Japan, which would have cost millions of Japanese and Allied lives in bloody combat, or use the fearsome atom bomb in the hopes of convincing the Japanese emperor to surrender. President Truman-in what many have come to regard as an immoral decision-ordered the military to drop the bomb. Now, historian Alex Wellerstein offers a revisionist narrative of what happened in the spring of 1945, uncovering new research that points to a very different chain of events. Wellerstein reveals a much more complex situation in which American leaders, limited by time, knowledge, and authority, and under great secrecy, each jockeyed to influence if and how the bomb would be used. Refuting previous accounts, Wellerstein explains how there was no official decision to use the bomb, nor did President Truman likely know that Hiroshima or Nagasaki were heavily populated cities. Once the bombs were dropped, Truman began a years-long struggle for control of the awesome power of atomic weapons, the ramifications of which are still felt today. The Most Awful Responsibility documents the little-known truth of the circumstances leading to this momentous event, painting a more complete picture of the end of World War II and of Truman himself. It is essential reading for all who want to truly understand not only why the bomb was dropped on Japan, but also why it has not been used since.

President Truman’s choice to drop the atomic bomb is the most debated decision in the 20th Century. But what if Truman’s actual decision wasn’t what everyone thinks it was? Eight decades after the bombing of Hiroshima, the conventional narrative is that American leaders had a choice: Invade Japan, which would have cost millions of Allied and Japanese lives, or use the atom bomb in the hopes of convincing Japan to surrender. Truman, the story goes, carefully weighed the pros and cons before deciding that the atomic bomb would be used against Japanese cities, as the lesser of two evils.But nuclear historian Alex Wellerstein argues that is not what happened. Not only did Truman not take part in the decision to use the bomb, but the one major decision that he did make was a very different one —&nbsp;one that he himself did not fully understand until after the atomic bomb was used. And the weight of that decision, and that misunderstanding, became the major reason that atomic bombs have not been used again since World War II.Based on a close reading of the historical record, The Most Awful Responsibility argues that despite his reputation as an ardent defender of the use of the atomic bomb, Truman was in fact deeply antagonistic to nuclear weapons, associating them primarily with the “murder” and “slaughter” of innocent civilians, believing that they never should be used again, and hoping that they would, in his lifetime, possibly be outlawed. Wellerstein makes a startling case that Truman was possibly the most anti-nuclear American president of the twentieth century, but whose ambitions in this area were strongly constrained by the domestic and international politics of the postwar world. This book is a must-read for all who want to truly understand not only why the bomb was dropped on Japan, but also why it has not been used since.

Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic Age

The Most Awful Responsibility

A nuanced and personal look at the Latino art world in New York from the 1970s to the new millennium &nbsp; In this deft interweaving of autobiography with the story of Latino art’s place in the flourishing New York art scene, Edward J. Sullivan calls attention to the prominent influence of Latin American artists from the 1970s until today. Recounting his own journey from student and curator to one of the field’s most celebrated scholars, Sullivan gives readers an insider’s look at a time when Latino art went from the margins to the spotlight and the discipline of Latin American art emerged. Beginning in the wake of the Black Power, gay liberation, and second wave feminism movements, Latino artists exhibited their work everywhere from alternative art spaces to major museums and forged a community and a collective identity. As Latin American and Latino artists navigated crises from AIDS to 9/11, they established their art forms as central to academic study and made New York’s institutions, museums, and galleries take it more seriously. &nbsp; Sullivan offers his readers an intimate view of the people, places, and events that populated the world of Latino art in New York as he showcases Latin American art from ancient to modern times. Rufino Tamayo, Carmen Herrera, Pepón Osorio, Cecilia Vicuña, and Juan Sánchez are among the many personalities who populated the scene. The result is a compelling and often surprising tale of cultural, personal, and institutional activity, and, at times, the intrigues that result from their collaborations.

Art and Experience, 1970-2001

Latino New York

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'Intense, original, and wonderfully unpredictable . . . Model Home is a story of a haunted house and haunted people; profound family secrets lie at the heart of this book as well as, surprisingly, blessedly, meaningful touches of love and hope. Rivers Solomon is an astonishingly talented writer.' Victor LaValle, author of Lone Women 'A startling reimagination of the haunted-house genre. The twists and turns are carefully drawn, with the tension mounting toward a shocking end . . . With this exhilarating and unforgettable work, Solomon proves to be a formidable writer.' Kirkus----------Two bodies lie in the garden of a sprawling property in Oak Creek Estate, a wealthy gated community in Dallas, Texas. The bodies belong to the parents of Ezri, Eve and Emmanuel, who have long since abandoned the childhood home in which their parents remained all these years. A home that has haunted and hollowed them throughout their lives, in a neighbourhood where they grew up as the only Black family, hoping to survive a place that wanted to claim them, expel them and ruin them all at once. In the wake of their parents' death, Ezri and their siblings are forced to confront the reasons they left, the nightmares that have held them captive and the possibility that realities exist beyond those that have forged them. Bold and tender, Model Home is powerful meditation on the power of memory, loss and identity. Praise for Sorrowland:"A wonderland of fantastical and frightening, magical and real." Marlon James"A fantastical, fierce reckoning... Sorrowland is gorgeous." Roxanne Gay"Dark, magical and incredibly satisfying." Independent"An exhilarating journey to the outer limits of science fiction." Guardian"Intense, original and wonderfully unpredicatable." Victor LaVelle

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