Ukweli

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Ukweli is written by Horace Mungin and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1929647697 (ISBN 10) and 9781929647699 (ISBN 13).

Ukweli: Searching for Healing Truth, South Carolina Writers and Poets Explore American Racism educates White Americans about systematic racial bias employed to stymie African American progress.Forty-five writers and poets provide insight into the struggles Black people have faced as they've made substantial contributions to America and helped to define its soul.Ukweli presents personal truths learned about race relations in this country to show a part of American history often overlooked or misunderstood.Ukweli is the Swahili word for truth. This book meets this moment in America as a healing truth to overcome the trauma of slavery and the decades of violence that followed it.This book was inspired by a poetry, lecture and dialogue series of the same name organized by poet Horace Mungin in 2020 at McLeod Plantation. Evening Post Books will release Ukweli in February 2022.