On My Journey Now: Looking at African-American History Through the Spirituals

Ever since she was a little girl attending three different churches, poet Nikki Giovanni has loved the spirituals. In On My Journey Now, she...more

Ever since she was a little girl attending three different churches, poet Nikki Giovanni has loved the spirituals. In On My Journey Now, she paints compelling portraits of the lives of her ancestors through familiar songs such as "Go Down, Moses" and personal favorites such as "Ain't Got Time to Die," celebrating brothers and sisters who overcame enslavement and found a way to survive, to worship, and to build. On My Journey Now includes a foreword by Dr. Arthur Jones, founder and artistic program director of the Spirituals Project and the full lyrics to over forty spirituals.   less