Of Literary Worlds
This African American novelist and writer was born in Lorain, Ohio and won a Nobel Prize in Literature.
Who is Toni Morrison?
We are the colors of Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana.
What are purple, gold, and green?
This country has the largest Black population outside of the African continent.
What is Brazil?
I am a native of Gary, IN and one of my bestselling tracks has grown in popularity as the song of choice for flash mob dances during Halloween.
The Stony Brook Africana Studies Library is named after this Barbados-born civil rights activist.
Who is Richard B. Moore?
The movie If Beale Street Could Talk is a film adaptation of this Harlem born writer’s book with the same title.
Who is James Baldwin?
This gulf coast city is credited as the birthplace of Mardi Gras.
What is Mobile, Alabama?
After the majority enslaved population fought against three imperial powers – France, England, and Spain –, this colony became the first independent Black republic.
What is Haiti?
I am an Afro-Cuban singer who lived in exile since I left the island in 1960. Aside from my musical repertoire, I am known for my signature phrase, azucar!
Who is Celia Cruz?
I was an American poet, activist, and author. I was one of the architects of the Black Arts Movement, a cultural and artistic movement focused on the autonomy and power of Black cultural institutions and art. I was the chair of Africana Studies during the 1980s. My son is now the mayor of Newark, New Jersey.
Who is Amiri Baraka?
This Haitian-born novelist and Barnard College alumna is the author of the fictional novel The Farming of Bones, based on the 1937 Parsley Massacre that took place in the Dominican Republic.
Who is Edwidge Danticat?
It’s your turn to buy the royal dessert the following year if you get the piece with a baby in it.
What is king cake?
Located in central Florida, this town, incorporated on August 15, 1887, was one of the first self-governing all-black municipalities in the United States.
What is Eatonville?
One of my nicknames is Satchmo. I was born and raised in New Orleans, LA and lived the latter years of my life in the Corona neighborhood of Queens, NY.
Who is Louis Armstrong?
I was the first chairperson of the Program in Black Studies at Stony Brook. I was born in a turpentine camp in Florida in 1913. I taught my father and other workers in the camp to read. I attended the Bethune Cookman Institute in Daytona Beach, Florida and later the Bank Street School for Teacher Training.
Who is Dr. Annie Mae Walker?
Jamaican-American writer Charmaine Wilkerson is the author of this New York Times bestseller that was later taken up for an onscreen adaptation.
What is Black Cake?
This city is credited with holding the World Guinness record for hosting the largest carnival.
What is Rio de Janeiro?
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You may associate this instrument with the tube family or with a region of the African continent referred to by this same name.
What is the horn?
I am dubbed “Mother of the Blues.” In 1982, August Wilson wrote a play based on a fictionalized account of one of my songs. The play was later adopted into a film in which I was portrayed by Viola Davis.
Who is Gertrude "Ma" Rainey?
I am a Jamaican filmmaker, poet, and scholar who has been a part of the Pan African global struggle from the 1950s onward. I met Malcolm X in Paris and made the documentary film, Malcolm X: Struggle for Freedom just months before Malcolm X was shot. I taught at Stony Brook in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of the Program in Black Studies.
Who is Lebert Bethune?
This Nigerian novelist, poet, and critic is a highly regarded figure of modern African literature. His first novel, Things Fall Apart, was published in 1958 and regarded as a magnum opus and has been translated into over fifty languages.
Who is Chinua Achebe?
The UK’s famous Notting Hill Carnival was started by this Trinidadian born activist and journalist.
Who is Claudia Jones?
In this country you will find the San Basilio de Palenque which is recognized as the first free African town in the Americas.
What is Colombia?
This genre of music, originating in the Caribbean, was originally regarded as the music of bars and brothels, enjoyed by poor country folks. It has grown in popularity since the 1980s and can be widely heard throughout the Washington Heights neighborhood of upper Manhattan.
What is bachata?
I am an activist in the South African anti-apartheid struggle. I was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) who escaped to exile in the United States. I survived Robben Island prison, trained as a psychologist and came to Stony Brook as a professor in the 1980s. After teaching critically about Zionism during a summer class, I faced accusations of anti-Semitism, was subject to death threats, and eventually denied tenure at the university.
Who is Fred Dube?