& i'm actually thinking of getting a part time gig @ a bookstore...
god help me *grin*
>>we'll have to list them separately -- i'm reading two by >Amos Wilson (on psychological dev't of the black child, >etc),
that's EXACTLY the kind of stuff i need to get back into. since i left school, i've let myself get out of touch. my mom is cleaning out my old room & i found some old research papers. i kept a few & i'm going to go thru my bibliographies & look up some of that stuff...see what the updates are.
>occasionally i have bursts of >reading and finish a couple and replace them on the list >with others.
tell me about it...along w/ all the historical stuff i'm into (why didn't i know about howard zinn YEARS ago???? lol), i'm reading the bible & koran, some buddhist texts (that's been since college lol), & dabbling w/ a translation of the book of the dead. and then there's the huey newton reader in my bag...
that makes me tired just thinking about it lol.
>which Diop are you reading? first chapter or two (civ. or >barb, af origins...)
"precolonial black africa"...but i'll probably have to reread. i lost focus, & when i read his books i can't retain much if i have a lot on my plate. i finished "The Cultural Unity of Black Africa" some time ago, but i want to reread that as well.
> >*not that its a bad thing, but we have to expend so much >effort in making the works bulletproof, that it can detract >from the readability.
yeah diop is definitely an academic writer. & i never read him w/out a dictionary close by (lol). dr. ben seems to be more readable as well. i'm trying *not* to look up more authors right now 'cause i know i'll go on a spending spree...but i'll definitely hit u up when i finish what i've got going.
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