Encounters with James Baldwin

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Celebrating the centenary of the birth of the trailblazing African American author, Encounters with James Baldwin is a wide-ranging volume of short essays, reflections, interviews and poetry. This moving collection demonstrates the significant legacy of the writer and activist who spoke truth to power during the era of the fight for Black civil liberties in the US, and after.

In this literary anthology, over 30 contributors reveal the influence of Baldwin’s thought, speech and writing to their personal journeys and their awareness of the need for social justice.

Introduction by Stella Dadzie                             Three Memories of Baldwin by Rashidah Ismaili Abu

Bakr    Blackspace by Victor Adebowale                         Talking about Baldwin with Victor Adebowale                 The World is White No Longer by Toyin Agbetu          Uncle Jimmy’s Calling by Rosanna Amaka          The Spirit of James Baldwin by Michelle Yaa Asantewa         Mea Culpa by Eugen Bacon                            Meeting Jimmy Baldwin in Paris by Lindsay Barrett Genius as Moral Courage by Gabriella Beckles-Raymond A Picture is Worth a Thousand Phone Calls by Alan Bell Never Make Peace with Mediocrity by Selina Brown Searching for the Centennial Man by Michael Campbell In a Photograph with James Baldwin by Fred D’Aguiar Fires in Our Time by Thomas Glave                 Can I get an Amen, Somebody? by Sonia Grant        What Kind of World is This? by Zita Holbourne               The Inspirational Blues by Paterson Joseph                Letter to My Daughter by Peter Kalu                    James Baldwin Weeps with the Weight of Tiredness by Roy McFarlane                                           What’s Love Got to Do with It? by Ronnie McGrath       Revisiting James Baldwin by Michael McMillan               Six Degrees of James Baldwin by Tony Medina               Of James Baldwin and Futures Not Seen by Bill V. Mullen  The Fire is Now by Nducu wa Ngugi                        If Sonny’s Blues were a Song… by Lola Oh                Fahrenheit 1492 by Ewaure X. Osayande                Passing by Nii Ayikwei Parkes                         The Amen Corner by Anton Phillips                        A Higher Calling by Ray Shell                                 For Jimmy by Su

Andi                                  Wherefore, Nuncle? by Tade Thompson                        Letter to My Brother by Patrick Vernon                        James Baldwin and Black British Civil Rights by Tony Warner