Book cover for 'Ijala: Sonia Sanchez and the African Poetic Tradition' by Joyce Ann Joyce, featuring a portrait of Sonia Sanchez against a red patterned background with tan title panels.
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Book cover for 'Ijala: Sonia Sanchez and the African Poetic Tradition' by Joyce Ann Joyce, featuring a portrait of Sonia Sanchez against a red patterned background with tan title panels.A close-up of a book's copyright page from Third World Press, showing publication details for 'Joyce Ann, 1949: Tradition / Joyce A. Joyce' published in 1996.Book cover for 'Ijala: Sonia Sanchez and the African Poetic Tradition' by Joyce A. Joyce, published by Third World Press, featuring a beige background with black text and a vertical gray-blue shadow on the left side.The back cover of the book 'Ijala' by Sterling Plumpp, featuring a dark brown background with white text, a barcode, and a circular graphic at the top.

Ijala: Sonia Sanchez and the African Poetic Tradition — Joyce Ann Joyce — 1996 First Printing — Hoagland Estate

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Author: Joyce Ann Joyce
Title: Ijala: Sonia Sanchez and the African Poetic Tradition
Publisher: Third World Press
Place: Chicago
Year: 1996
Edition: First printing
Format: Paperback
Page Count: xv, 165 pages
ISBN: 0883781891
Condition: Near fine paperback.
Provenance: From the estate of poet Everett Hoagland.

Joyce Ann Joyce explores the poetry of Sonia Sanchez through its connections to African poetic traditions, placing language, music, politics, and spirituality at the heart of her critical approach.

Following Sanchez’s artistic development, Joyce examines how her work carries ancestral traditions into contemporary African American poetry. The study also considers the relationship between African praise poetry and the creative principles of the Black Arts Movement.

Published by Third World Press, Ijala offers a focused contribution to understanding Sanchez’s distinctive voice and the African cultural foundations of Black literary expression.

This near fine first-printing copy comes from the estate of poet Everett Hoagland, adding a meaningful literary connection to a study of poetry and cultural inheritance.