Blue: A Book of Poetry Van Sertima re-creates some of

Van Sertima re-creates some of the most powerful scenes of human history: the launching of the great ships of Mali in 1310 (two hundred master boats and two hundred supply boats)

As a result of their mother’s choices

Woodson always felt halfway home in each place

was the only major hurricane during the very inactive 1929 North Atlantic hurricane season

Blue: A Book of Poetry Van Sertima re-creates some ofHer first lyrical collection, Tanicia Pratt tells an autobiographical story of love, heartbreak and the inescapable blue. In a country where seas mirror skies, and the shore is never too far away, blue is the central hue modelling The Bahamas and its many complexities. Each poem dives deeper and deeper as the poet unearths themes surrounding family, the body, trauma, and nationhood. BLUE is poetic jazz edged and raw in its depictions of Caribbean