{"product_id":"blacka-storythms-paperback","title":"Blacka: Storythms - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOwen Ifill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"You have come,\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ehe said, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eand I knew\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ethere and then\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ethat I was home.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eI never went back\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eto my father's house, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eand he never came\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eto look for me.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd I knew\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ethat he knew\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ewhere I was.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIt is a sweltering day in a village in Guyana when a fourteen-year-old decides to journey to meet his grandfather, Blacka, for the first time. As he arrives in Buxton, the teen already knows that Blacka has been the source of his attorney father's misery about his blackness for what seems an eternity. But it is not until the grandson and grandfather finally meet for the first time that the teen realizes he has arrived home.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn a collection of short tales shared in rap-like verse, Owen Ifill highlights the rhythms of a Guyana village as a teenager is mentored by his grandfather, Blacka, while learning lessons, confronting his fears, developing into his own person, and attempting to successfully navigate through a variety of challenges.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlacka\u003c\/em\u003e is a volume of rhythmically told stories that leads others down an imaginative path as a young man immerses himself in the culture of a village in Guyana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.35 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 18, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728358936639,"sku":"9781665700283","price":23.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/577ebdf2f78459cce047517cca8d7160.webp?v=1765118219","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/blacka-storythms-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}