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    1969 I Am Lucky to Be Me
    1969 I Am Lucky to Be Me
    1969 I Am Lucky to Be Me
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    1969 I Am Lucky to Be Me

    By Kwame Anthony Copeland

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    The book is a dedicated to those whose death lifted my consciousness, especially Fred Hampton and Nana Aba, my beloved grandmother Maude Best de Copeland, my mother; Joyce Beverly Best-Copeland, my second mother, Auntie Hazel Ida Best, Girlie
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateOct 5, 2012
    ISBN9781475952537
    1969 I Am Lucky to Be Me
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    Kwame Anthony Copeland

    Kwame A. Copeland is a globalist, yet; a lover of his adapted nation and chosen identity in Ifá/ òrìsà traditions of Afro-Americana/Caribbean. Has written The Afro-Blues Tradition, Glorious Child of the Africans, and has been on a spiritual and poet’s journey since Vietnam.

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