D. Kamili AndersonHomeAfrolantica Legacies. – book reviewsLike the mythic lost nation chronicled in the title and opening chapter, this book offers much in the way of promise. It, after all, was writ ten by one of the foremost critical legal scholars and academic activists of this era, New York-cum-Harvard University’s Derrick Bell.July 13, 2007LGBTQ+Yo’ Mama’s Disfunktional! – book reviewsI’m warning you, once you open this compact collection of six razor-sharp essays, you’re going to have to stand back! Black, White, Yellow, Brown, Red, male, female, straight, gay, college-educated, streetwise, conservative, liberal, whatever – it doesn’t matter. From the initial essay detailing Robin D. G. Kelley’s take on how traditional social scientists construct the ghetto, “Looking for the ‘Real’ Nigga,” to the final take, “Looking B[l]ackward: 2097-1997,” readers of Yo’ Mama’s Disfunktional! are literally compelled by the strength of Kelley’s arguments to identify and/or re-think their positions in the contemporary “culture wars” fray.July 11, 2007African-AmericanThe Cattle Killing. – book reviewsBecause The Cattle Killing, John Edgar Wideman’s first work of fiction in six years, is about loss – loss of life, loss of faith, loss of hope, innocence and direction – it seems only fitting that this review should begin like the book, with a metaphorical slaughtering.July 11, 2007Page 1 of 1