In this month’s edition of HNet, Michigan State University’s Humanities and Social Science Online publication, Morgan State University scholar Ida Jones reviewed my book Word Warrior.
In her spirited critique titled “The Revolution Will Be An Audiophile,” Jones indicated that “early black radio broadcasts in the community were an essential staple of modern communication….after the rise and domination of the black press, black radio provided common ground for intergenerational discourse, played our music, and/or served as a virtual platform for aspiring and established preachers, singers, and dramatists.”
She went on to note that Word Warrior “rightly situates” the late writer/dramatist Richard Durham “within the tradition of black communication and black radio, reaching back to his antecedents who assumed the significant cultural role of the griot-educator-activist.”
Jones called Word Warrior “an engrossing, at times poetic excavation of one man’sdealing with life and learning as an African American man. Durham answered the call to arms through the artistry of storytelling, advocacy, agency, and learning. He swirled those elements together throughout his inquisitive life.”
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