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Book Reviews by John Henrik Clarke

“Langston Hughes. The Best of Simple.” In Freedomways, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Winter, 1962), pp. 101-102.

“Langston Hughes. Ask Your Mama: 12 Moods For Jazz.” In Freedomways, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Winter, 1962), pp. 102-103.

“Basil Davidson. Black Mother: The Years of The African Slave Trade.” In Freedomways, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring, 1962), pp. 206-208.

“G.M. Sundkler. Bantu Prophets of South Africa.” In Freedomways,
Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring, 1962), pp. 207-208.

“P. J. Staudenrous. The African Colonization Movement, 1816-1865.” In Freedomways,
Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring, 1962), p. 208.

“Harold R. Isaacs. Emergent Americans: A Report On Crossroads Africa.” In Freedomways, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring, 1962), p. 208.

“David Apter. The Political Kingdom In Uganda. In Freedomways,” Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring, 1962), pp. 209-210.

“Nnamdi Azikiwe. Zik: A Selection From The Speeches of Nnamdi Azikiwe.” In Freedomways, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring, 1962), pp. 210-211.

“Obafemi Awolowo. Awo: An Autobiography of Chief Obafemi Awolowo.” In Freedomways, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring, 1962), pp. 210-211.

“Thomas Patrick Melady. Profiles of African Leaders.” In Freedomways, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring, 1962), pp. 211-212.

“John Phillips. Kwame Nkrumah and the Future of Africa.” In Freedomways, Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring, 1962), pp. 212-213.

“Sophia Ridley Ames. Nkrumah of Ghana. In Freedomways,” Vol. 2, No. 2 (Spring, 1962), pp. 213-214.

“Chief Albert Luthuli. Let My People Go.” In Freedomways, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Summer, 1962), pp. 333-334.

“Philippa Schuyler. Who Killed The Congo?” In Freedomways, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Summer, 1962), pp. 334-335.

“Colin Legum. Pan Africanism: A Short Political Guide.” In Freedomways, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Summer, 1962), p. 336.

“Jack Mendolsohn. God, Allah and Ju Ju: Religion in Africa Today.” In Freedomways, Vol. 2, No. 3 (Summer, 1962), p. 336-337.

“A.H.M. Kirk-Greene. Barth’s Travels In Nigeria.” In Freedomways, Vol. 2, No. 3 (summer, 1962), pp. 337.

“E.U. Essien-Udom. Black Nationalism: A Search For An Identity In America.” In Freedomways, Vol. 2, No. 4 (Fall, 1962), 497-500.

“Patrice Lumumba. Congo, My Country.” In Freedomways, Vol. 3, No. 1 (Winter. 1963), pp. 119-120.

“John Oliver Killens. And Then We Heard The Thunder.” In Freedomways, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Spring, 1963), pp. 227-229.

“John Williams. Africa: Her History, Lands And People, Told With Pictures.” In Freedomways, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Spring, 1963), pp. 233-234.

“Alex Quasion-Sackey. African Unbound: Relections of an African Stateman.” In Freedomways, Vol. 3, No. 3 (Summer, 1963), pp. 459-460.

“David Kimble. A Political History of Ghana.” In Freedomways, Vol. 3, No. 4 (Fall, 1963), pp. 568-569.

“W.E.F. Ward. A History of Ghana.” In Freedomways, Vol. 4, No. 2 (Spring, 1964), pp. 276-278.

“Eric Williams. Documents Of West Indian History, 1492-1655.” In Freedomways, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Summer, 1964), p. 453-454.

“Eric Williams. British Historians and The West Indies..” In Freedomways, Vol. 4, No. 3 (Summer, 1964), pp. 453-454.

“Howard Zinn. The Southern Mystique.” In Freedomways, Vol. 5, No. 2 (Spring, 1965), pp. 343-346.

“Malcolm X, with Alex Hailey. Autobiography of Malcolm X.” In Freedomways, Vol. 6, No. 1 (Winter, 1966), pp. 48-52.

“Gilbert Osofsky. Harlem: The Making of A Ghetto.” In Freedomways, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Spring, 1966), pp. 172-173.

“Philip Sterling, et al. Laughing On The Outside: The Intelligent White Reader’s Guide To Negro Tales.” In Freedomways, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Fall, 1966), pp. 383-385.

“Budd Schulberg (ed.) From The Ashes: Voices Of Watts.” In Freedomways, Vol. 8, No. 1 (Winter, 1968), pp. 72-74.

“James A. Emanuel and Theodore L. Gross (eds.) Dark Symphony: Negro Literature In America.” In Freedomways, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Winter, 1969), pp. 81-83.

“LeRoi Jones and Larry Neal (eds.) Black Fire: An Anthology of Afro-American Writing.” In Freedomways, Vol. 9, No. 1 (Winter, 1969), pp. 81-83.

“Abraham Chapman (ed.) Black Voices: An Anthology of Afro-American Literature.” In Freedomways, Vol. 9, No. 1 (winter, 1969), pp. 81-83.

“Hollis, Ralph Lynch. Edward Wilmot Blyden: Pan Negro Patriot, 1832-1912. In Freedomways,” Vol. 9, No. 2 (spring, 1969), pp. 168-172.

“Anne Moody. Coming of Age In Mississippi.” In Freedomways, Vol. 9, No. 3 (Spring, 1969), pp. 259-261.

“Sarah E. Wright. The Child’s Gonna Live.” In Freedomways, Vol. 10, No. 3 (1970), pp. 278-279.

“Louise Meriwether. Daddy Was A Number Runner.” In Freedomways, Vol. 10, No. 4 (1970), pp. 381-382.

“Barrie Stavis. John Brown: The Sword And The Word.” In Freedomways, Vol. 12, No. 4 (1972), pp. 338-340.

“Barrie Stavis. The Man Who Never Died.” In Freedomways, Vol. 12, No. 4 (1972), pp. 338-340.

“Cheikh Anta Diop. The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality?” In Freedomways, Vol. 14, No. 4 (1974), pp. 339-346.

“Cheikh Anta Diop. The Cultural Unity Of Black Africa: The Domains of Patriarchy and of Matriarchy in Classic Antiquity.” In Freedomways, Vol. 19, No. 1 (1979), pp. 50-53.

“R.J. Meddough. The Retarded Genius.” In Freedomways, Vol. 20, No. 4 (1980), pp. 308-310.