Submission Date
Fall 2022
Document Type
Paper- Restricted to Campus Access
Department
English
Faculty Mentor
Nzadi Keita
Class
ENGL-222
Description
This project compares "Gorilla, My Love" by Toni Cade Bambara and the iconic memoir, "How We Fight For Our Lives" by Saeed Jones. These texts inspired my perspective on Black Imagination and how I perceive its content through the characters' point of view, truth tellin' tactics of self- discovery, identity and expression. Both texts have an underlying similarity discussing events of black adolescence and have connecting themes of vulnerability and family, trust and solidarity.
Recommended Citation
Norman, Kyra, "The Journey of Self- Discovery and Expression in Black Children" (2022). African-American Literary Traditions. 16.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/english_aalt/16
