A Huffington Post Most Powerful Children’s Book of 2017 From Muslim and Latino poet Mark Gonzales comes a touching and lyrical picture book about a parent who encourages their child to find joy and pride in all aspects of their multicultural identity. Dear little one, …know you are wondrous. A child of crescent moons, a builder of mosques, a descendant of brilliance, an ancestor in training. Written as a letter from a father to his daughter, Yo Soy Muslim is a celebration of social harmony and multicultural identities. The vivid and elegant verse, accompanied by magical and vibrant illustrations, highlights the diversity of the Muslim community as well as Indigenous identity. A literary journey of discovery and wonder, Yo Soy Muslim is sure to inspire adults and children alike.
Yo Soy Negro is the first book in English--in fact, the first book in any language in more than two decades--to address what it means to be black in Peru. Based on extensive ethnographic work in the country and informed by more than eighty interviews with Peruvians of African descent, this groundbreaking study explains how ideas of race, color, and mestizaje in Peru differ greatly from those held in other Latin American nations. The conclusion that Tanya Maria Golash-Boza draws from her rigorous inquiry is that Peruvians of African descent give meaning to blackness without always referencing Africa, slavery, or black cultural forms. This represents a significant counterpoint to diaspora scholarship that points to the importance of slavery in defining blackness in Latin America as well as studies that place cultural and class differences at the center of racial discourses in the region.
De los creadores de Virgencita plis y los Neonatos, llega este precioso libro de primeras palabras en español y en inglés, con vibrantes y divertidas ilustraciones sobre Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo se convierte en Fridiux en este bello libro y te lleva a conocer su mundo: desde su Casa azul hasta su amor por la pintura. Aprende más sobre la famosa artista mexicana con las hermosas ilustraciones de este libro bilingüe, que enseña palabras como jardín, amor y pinceles. A través de este libro de primeros conceptos, el niño desarrollará funciones cognitivas como la memoria, la lógica y la concentración, y aumentará su capacidad de entender y emplear el lenguaje. En formato todo cartón, I am Fridiux – Yo soy Fridiux es sólido y resistente, ideal para niños de 2 a 5 años. No importa qué idioma hable el pequeño lector: con este libro aprenderá palabras básicas en español e inglés. Además, conocerá del folklore y los valores de la cultura hispana con estas ilustraciones 102 por ciento Distroller®, que conquistan a todos por igual. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION From the creators of Virgencita Plis and Neonatos comes this wonderful first-words book in English and Spanish, full of fun and colorful illustrations about Frida Kahlo. In this beautiful book, Frida Kahlo becomes Fridiux and takes you on a journey to discover her own world—from her Casa Azul, (her blue house), to her love for painting. Learn more about this famous Mexican artist through the precious illustrations in this bilingual book—words like garden (jardín), love (amor), and paintbrush (pincel). With this early-concepts book, children will develop several cognitive functions, such as memory, logical reasoning, and concentration. They will also enhance their ability to understand and use language. Printed as a board book, I am Fridiux – Yo soy Fridiux is thick and durable, perfect for kids between 2 and 5 years old. Regardless of what language our young readers speak, with this book they will learn basic words in English and Spanish. Additionally, they will explore some of the folklore and values within Hispanic culture through these 102 percent Distroller® illustrations that will capture everyone alike.
Yo Soy Fidel follows the cortège of Fidel Castro, former Cuban revolutionary and politician, over a period of several days in late 2016. American photographer Michael Christopher Brown (born 1978) leaned out of a rear passenger window of his passing vehicle in order to photograph Cubans waiting alongside the highway for Fidel's military convoy, carrying his cremated remains from Havana to Santiago, to pass. The route mirrored Fidel's post-revolution journey from Santiago to Havana in 1959, which helped solidify his image as hero and legend. In Yo Soy Fidel, fragments of this initial image have survived his death though perhaps inevitably lead to a question of what is to come. A country largely seen for half a century as a symbol of dignity and hope in the fight against imperialism, Cuba has a choice: to stay true to Fidel's revolutionary path or embrace globalization and all it entails.
HEY YO! YO SOY! 40 YEARS OF NUYORICAN STREET POETRY, A BILINGUAL EDITION is a 386-page collection, comprised of three previously published books, CASTING LONG SHADOWS (1970), HAVE YOU SEEN LIBERATION (1971), and STREET POETRY & OTHER POEMS (1972), that consist of stories about growing up Puerto Rican in New York City's El Barrio. Melendez has long been considered one of the founders of the Nuyorican Movement and the political, intellectual and linguistic topics he approaches in his work remain extremely relevant to this day.
In Negro Soy Yo Marc D. Perry explores Cuba’s hip hop movement as a window into the racial complexities of the island’s ongoing transition from revolutionary socialism toward free-market capitalism. Centering on the music and lives of black-identified raperos (rappers), Perry examines the ways these young artists craft notions of black Cuban identity and racial citizenship, along with calls for racial justice, at the fraught confluence of growing Afro-Cuban marginalization and long held perceptions of Cuba as a non-racial nation. Situating hip hop within a long history of Cuban racial politics, Perry discusses the artistic and cultural exchanges between raperos and North American rappers and activists, and their relationships with older Afro-Cuban intellectuals and African American political exiles. He also examines critiques of Cuban patriarchy by female raperos, the competing rise of reggaetón, as well as state efforts to incorporate hip hop into its cultural institutions. At this pivotal moment of Cuban-U.S. relations, Perry's analysis illuminates the evolving dynamics of race, agency, and neoliberal transformation amid a Cuba in historic flux.
