This exquisite book-length poem based closely on history and set in colonial Brazil, recounts the destruction of Palmares, the last of seven fugitive slave enclaves beset by the Portuguese. Amid the flight and re-enslavement of its inhabitants emerges the love store of Anninho and Almeyda, former African slaves.
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This exquisite book-length poem based closely on history and set in colonial Brazil, recounts the destruction of Palmares, the last of seven fugitive slave enclaves beset by the Portuguese. Amid the flight and re-enslavement of its inhabitants emerges the love store of Anninho and Almeyda, former African slaves.
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Very good. No dust jacket. Text clean. No jacket. No issues. Near Fine. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 128 p. Audience: General/trade. JONES, Gayl. "Song for Anninho." Beacon Press; Boston, MA, 1999. English language. Hardcover without dust jacket. 122 pages. Red boards with black cloth spine with sky blue lettering. Narrative Poetry. Text clean. No issues. Near Fine. ISBN: 9780807068540.