http://otabenga.org/taxonomy/term/81 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://otabenga.org/node/86 <p><em>Eulogy for poet Sekou Sundiata delivered at his memorial service on Wednesday, Aug. 22, at New School University in New York City.</em></p> <p>This great poet takes the name by which the world knows him from two great rulers of Africa. Sundiata, the first ruler of the Mali empire (1230AD), in what was called Africa’s Golden Age and Sekou after the Democratic Republic of Guinea’s liberator from French colonialism, the great leader, Sekou Toure. <span class='read-more'><a href="http://otabenga.org/node/86">&nbsp;read&nbsp;more&nbsp;&raquo;</a></span></p> http://otabenga.org/node/86#comments Amiri Baraka connecting Tue, 11 Sep 2007 20:32:24 -0600 otabenga1 86 at http://otabenga.org