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Religion: the Black Church / Black Theology

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Poems dealing with Christianity from an Africanist point of view. The A.M.E. Church and other Black Churches had a distinctive approach to the Bible, often focusing on passages representing Ethiopia or other African nations.

Contents of this tag:

  1. Zora Neale Hurston, "The First One" (Full text of one-act play) (1927)
  2. Frances E.W. Harper, "Ethiopia" (1849/1854)
  3. J. Pauline Smith, "Anniversary Hymn" (1922)
  4. Countee Cullen, "The Black Christ and Other Poems" (full text) (1929)