| Author: | Ebony Rose | ISBN: | 1230002037455 |
| Publisher: | RoseProse | Publication: | December 6, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Ebony Rose |
| ISBN: | 1230002037455 |
| Publisher: | RoseProse |
| Publication: | December 6, 2017 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
“Matches keep a hiss for themselves when they give up the light, the heat. So she was never surprised when the arguments began with a song.” So begins Ebony Rose’s Sense of Song, which opens with Sister, the last in a line of women singers, giving birth to a son, Akpalu; and chronicles Akpalu’s journey, and that of his descendants, in their attempt to revive the music of Sister and her ancestors. A descendant of Akpalu, Taylor is a special girl drawn to the magic in music and torn between her parent’s house of grief and possessive love, and the lure of international travel and freedom. Taylor must decide if she will submit to a life of safeguards and rules or follow her heart to find the voice, music and words that can set her – and everyone – free.
In prose that soars with the musical and poetic traditions of African Americans, Afro-Brazilians and Ghanaians, Ebony Rose demands recognition of the power residing in all people of African descent as she literarily dances between religion and symbols, music and dreams creating an uplifting and unforgettable contemplation on the musical connection between melanin and the supernatural.
Edited by Negarra A. Kudumu www.NegarraAKudumu.com
“Matches keep a hiss for themselves when they give up the light, the heat. So she was never surprised when the arguments began with a song.” So begins Ebony Rose’s Sense of Song, which opens with Sister, the last in a line of women singers, giving birth to a son, Akpalu; and chronicles Akpalu’s journey, and that of his descendants, in their attempt to revive the music of Sister and her ancestors. A descendant of Akpalu, Taylor is a special girl drawn to the magic in music and torn between her parent’s house of grief and possessive love, and the lure of international travel and freedom. Taylor must decide if she will submit to a life of safeguards and rules or follow her heart to find the voice, music and words that can set her – and everyone – free.
In prose that soars with the musical and poetic traditions of African Americans, Afro-Brazilians and Ghanaians, Ebony Rose demands recognition of the power residing in all people of African descent as she literarily dances between religion and symbols, music and dreams creating an uplifting and unforgettable contemplation on the musical connection between melanin and the supernatural.
Edited by Negarra A. Kudumu www.NegarraAKudumu.com
