The River Niger (Further Reading)

Further Reading

• Branch, William B., ed., Black Thunder: An Anthology of Contemporary African American Drama, Mentor Books.

  This collection of plays by contemporary African-American writers includes Amiri Baraka and August Wilson.

• Sewell, Tony, Garvey’s Children: The Legacy of Marcus Garvey, Africa World Press, 1990.

  Sewell’s text provides an historical survey of the influence of Marcus Garvey on civil rights leaders.

• Shange, Ntozake, for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf: A Choreopoem, Macmillan, 1997.

  Shange’s experimental play focuses on the struggles of African-American women against racism and sexism.

• Wilson, August, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, New American Library, 1985.

  Black Bottom is a critically acclaimed play by the leading African-American dramatist of the 1980s. Wilson’s play concerns a female blues singer and the members of her band.

• X, Malcolm, as told to Alex Haley, The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Random House, 1975.

  This famous biography of the black nationalist leader Malcolm X provides a compelling description of Malcom X’s life and the varied paths it took.