Black god mother this body

"black god mother this body explores the divine, the ancestrally aligned, the natural rhythmed black woman in her embodied reality, particularly as mother. glorification of whiteness is death. this is a healing meditation, an extended song, an experimentation in augmenting reality that constantly th...

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Main Author: León, Raina J. (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: San Francisco, California : Black Freighter Press, [2022]
Edition:First edition.
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