Everything you need to understand or teach Song For Almeyda and Song For Anninho by Gayl Jones.
Deeply in conversation with Afrocentrism, Gayl Jones' first-person lineated poems Song for Almeyda and Song for Anninho follows the lives of Anninho and Almeyda after the fall of the sovereign settlement, Palmares. The entirety of the narrative is set in Brazil, in the late 1690s, when the Portuguese colonizers were actively participating in the slave trade. Jones explores themes of freedom, identity, and hope, amongst others.
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