Touré
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
His name is Touré--just Touré--and like many of the musicians, athletes, and celebrities he's profiled, he has affected the way that we think about culture in America. He has profiled Eminem, 50 Cent, and Alicia Keys for the cover of Rolling Stone. He's played high-stakes poker with Jay-Z and basketball with Prince and Wynton Marsalis. In Touré's world, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. sits beside Condoleezza Rice who sits beside hip-hop pioneer Tupac Shakur,...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
This playful and hip fantasy is the tale of a utopian city, where residents can attend St. Pimp's House of Baptist Rapture, and the candidates for mayor battle to determine who the better DJ is. Into this wonderful place comes Cadillac Jackson, a journalist who falls for the beautiful and magical Mahogany Sunflower- whose family members can fly.
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Celebrated journalist, TV personality, and award-winning author Touré investigates one of the most enigmatic and fascinating figures in contemporary American culture: Prince. Drawing on new research and enlivened by Touré's unique pop-cultural fluency, I Would Die 4 U relies on surprising and in-depth interviews with Prince's band members, former girlfriends, musicologists, and even Bible scholars to deconstruct the artist's life and work. Prince's...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
In the age of Obama, racial attitudes have become more complicated and nuanced than ever before. Inspired by a president who is unlike any Black man ever seen on our national stage, we are searching for new ways of understanding Blackness. In this book, the author, a commentator and journalist tackles what it means to be Black in America today. He begins by examining the concept of "Post-Blackness," a term that defines artists who are proud to be...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A collection of short stories takes place in the utopian world of Soul City and includes such tales as "The Sad, Sweet Story of Sugar Lips Shinehot" and "Afrolexicology: Today's Bi-Annual List of the Top 50 Words in African America."
7) Toubalbero
Author
Publisher
Thrill Jockey Records
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
Songhai
Description
"Acclaimed Malian musician Sidi Toure returns with his fourth album, named after the large traditional drum used to gather people in the Malian region of Gao, Toubalbero is a danceable, dynamic, and, despite the region's significant political challenges, joyous album." --
Author
Language
English
Description
"The musician and Hip Hop legend--hailed as 'the greatest MC of all time' and compared to Thelonious Monk--reimagines the writing handbook in this memoir and guide that incorporates the soulful genius, confidence, and creativity of a master artist. When he exploded on the music scene, musical genius Rakim was hailed for his brilliant artistic style, adding layers, complexity, depth, musicality, and soul to rap. More than anyone, Rakim has changed...
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Video
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Français
Description
"Fed up with her abusive family situation, lack of school prospects and the 'boys' law' in the neighborhood, Marieme ... starts a new life after meeting a group of three free-spirited girls. She changes her name, her style, drops out of school and starts stealing to be accepted into the group. When her home situation becomes unbearable, Marieme seeks solace in an older man who promises her money and protection"--
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"After a decade abroad, Jean learns of his father's failing health and returns to run the family vineyard with his strong-willed sister, Juliette, and his responsible younger brother, Jeremie. As four seasons and two harvests go by in picturesque Burgundy, the siblings have to reinvent their relationship and learn to trust each in this tender and finely-textured saga." --
17) Talking Timbuktu
Author
Publisher
Hannibal Records / World Circuit
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
Multiple
