Nikki Giovanni

On My Journey Now: Looking at African-american History Through the Spirituals Nikki Giovanni 1 Reprint edition

"The intimate, unpretentious talk about familiar songs will grab readers, who will want to find out more about the inspiring history." ? BOOKLIST (starred review)

Ever since she was a little girl attending three different churches, poet Nikki Giovanni has loved the spirituals. Now, with the passion of a poet and the knowledge of a historian, she paints compelling portraits of the lives of her ancestors through the words of songs such as "Go Down, Moses" and "Ain?t Got Time to Die," celebrating a people who overcame enslavement and found a way to survive, to worship, and to build.