Philippe Wamba

this is only incidently a biography, author was in his late twenty's when published in 1999. More like a collection of essays on the relationships between African and African Americans. Includes chapters on history, music, religion. Seems very thorough, some repetition. I learned more about Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou's marriage to an African...things about American culture that I had overlooked. I learned that the author died at age 31 in a car accident in Africa. It would have been interesting to learn his take on an African American president.… (mehr)