The village of the water spirits : the dreams of African Americans / Michael Ortiz Hill ; with Mandaza Augustine Kandemwa.

With Mandaza Augustine Kandemwa. Preface by Dr. Kykosa Kajangu.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-185).

Preface by Dr. Kykosa Kajangu -- Introduction -- Watermarks -- Traces of a flowing secret -- Crossing the River Jordan -- Praise songs for Mapatya -- Like a motherless child -- Rememory -- Imprisoned in someone else's dream -- Some dead Negro's grief -- The father of lies -- To go through -- The village of the ancestors, the living, and the unborn -- May the circle be unbroken -- Even as I am known -- The spirit of the gift -- Conclusion -- This body, this village, this medicine.

'Using material from Bantu philosophy and the dreams of black people in North American and Africa, Michael Ortiz Hill has produced one of the most profound evocations of African-American culture by showing us how the Motherland remains at the very core. An amazing book that is at once poetry and philosophy.'

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