Roots and Blossoms African American Plays for Today

First U. S. Black diaspora anthology of Plays. Anthology of about 13 African American (7), African (4), & Caribbean (2) plays with a special feature on apartheid & Nelson Mandela of South Africa. The play "Waiting for Sanctions" by M. Phiri of Zambia focuses on Mandela & sanctions. Picture of Mandela & wife watching the play being produced in Lusaka, Zambia during visit to ANC. The work is a special assemblage of works evoking cultural diversity within the black diaspora with its vitality, beauty & charms on one hand & conflicts, anguish & crises on the other. Most of the plays are written by university professors. Book is complimented by photos & letters of support. "Forthright & essential...plays that breach the gap & set us free...even from apartheid." "ROOTS & BLOSSOMS fills the vacuum created by racism in white publishing companies & removes the worn out phrase, "Where are the new playwrights?" They are in this fine anthology." "At no time has it been more important than it is today for people of African descent to come together & share their cultural traditions through theatrical discourse. The universality of their condition whether in South Africa, United States or Jamaica & the realism with which it is presented gives originality & distinctiveness to ROOTS & BLOSSOMS." "The rich heritage from the African American experience has been hidden in the shadows of white America. This anthology helps to bring that heritage out of the shadows into the sunlight." "A book that's a horn of dramatic plenty. It's a long literary journey which starts with two words, "Curtain Up"." "As Langston Hughes told us, if our story is to be told, then We must be the ones to tell it."Ntiri, Daphne W. is the author of 'Roots and Blossoms African American Plays for Today' with ISBN 9780911557039 and ISBN 0911557032.