Antebellum

By R. Kayeen Thomas

Book Overview

A thought-provoking novel about African-American culture seen through the eyes of a famous rapper who is transported to the days of slavery and forced to experience it firsthand. A thought-provoking novel about African American culture seen through the eyes of a famous rapper who is transported to the days of slavery. When big-time rapper Da Nigga is sent back in time, he finds himself a slave forced to live the horrifying life of his ancestors. As slavery challenges the realities of his modern life--his fellow rappers and their lyrics, the music executives and his motives--he must confront the reality of the African American experience. Da Nigga's compelling journey from rap superstar to broken slave and back is a hard-hitting, gritty story that will have readers on the edges of their seats and keep them talking long after they put it down.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1593094264
• ISBN13: 9781593094263
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Strebor Books
• Length: 551 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 4.1" x 6.7"