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MK Asante

@mkasante

Bestselling author of BUCK and the forthcoming NEPHEW: A MEMOIR (5/21/24) • Award-winning Film and TV writer/producer • Distinguished Professor @MorganStateU

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Thankful for today's @nytimes feature on my mom #KariamuWelsh nytimes.com/2021/11/25/arts/… ❤️🙏🏿🕊
Kariamu Welsh, Pioneer of African Dance Studies, Dies at 72 (Published 2021)

Kariamu Welsh, Pioneer of African Dance Studies, Dies at 72 (Published 2021)

Inspired by double Dutch jump rope moves she saw growing up in Brooklyn, she developed an influential dance technique based on archetypes found in African art.

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9/29, 2pm: @MKAsante presents "Nephew: A Memoir in 4-Part Harmony" in conversation with @PersiaNicole redemmas.org/events/mk-asant…
MK Asante presents "Nephew: A Memoir in 4-Part Harmony" in conversation with Persia Nicole

MK Asante presents "Nephew: A Memoir in 4-Part Harmony" in conversation with Persia Nicole

As urgent, resonant, and essential as The Fire Next Time and Between the World and Me, Nephew: A Memoir in 4-Part Harmony is a poetic, raw, and inspirational love letter from the bestselling author...

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Can you feel it? 🔥 #NYJvsSF on Monday Night Football! @SnoopDogg | @ChrisStapleton | @Drumstress
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That MNF intro with Chris Stapleton and Snoop was hard af
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That Monday night intro hit hard. Snoop is really enjoying a season of wins. #NFL
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2024-25 Monday Night Football anthem ft. Chris Stapleton, Cindy Blackman, Snoop Dogg ... youtu.be/NlA-xDZcmNg?feature… via @YouTube
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“I’ve always felt like it was my job to make the ancestors proud, and to do the things that they may have not been able to do.” Author @mkasante discusses his new memoir, NEPHEW, with contributor Mariette Williams. ow.ly/HQmy50S6HxL @AmistadBooks
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MK Asante Interview at The Breakfast Club youtu.be/ypnyfJBG7mU?si=ySJJ… via @YouTube
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WHYY@whyy24 May 2024
Marty Moss-Coane is in at noon with #TheConnection. Guest @mkasante talks about his moving new memoir, NEPHEW. It's a harmony in four parts weaving together secrets, loss, faith, and redemption -- and the power of music and language to heal old wounds. whyy.org/episodes/mk-asantes…
MK Asante's new memoir 'Nephew' - WHYY

MK Asante's new memoir 'Nephew' - WHYY

Filmmaker and author MK Asante's new memoir begins with him sitting vigil beside his nephew's hospital bed at Temple University hospital after he was shot nine times.

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Here is our weekly Black Kos/@dailykos post of this week's new books of particular interest to Black and Latino/a readers: dailykos.com/comments/224153… (But also recommended for ALL readers!) @anthony_pinn @BAbridgebuilder @mkasante @debparedez @sarai_writes @garrison_hayes @IsmeeWilliams @GardelTatiana @OliviaSua3
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🎉 Happy pub day to NEPHEW, a new thought-provoking title by M.K. Asante!📚 “Passionate, moving, and spirited.” — Kirkus Reviews ➡️ Catch this book on tour! Click here for more information: bit.ly/3yBYXQF
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How rap and writing help heal a family's old wounds - @Aatif_Rashid reviews M.K. Asante's new memoir "Nephew" latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
How rap and writing help heal a family's old wounds

How rap and writing help heal a family's old wounds

Asante's layered voice creates its own rhythm and flow, as he weaves a personal story with reflections on Black American history.

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Find "NEPHEW" by MK Asante below! harpercollins.com/products/n… @karenhunter @mkasante #KarenRebels
Nephew

Nephew

As urgent, resonant, and essential as The Fire Next Time and Between the World and Me, a poetic, raw, and inspirational love letter from the bestselling aut...

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Award-winning author @mkasante will join us at Parkway Central Library for a conversation on his latest work, “Nephew: A Memoir in 4-Part Harmony,” this Thursday, May 23 at 7:30 p.m. Register today: libwww.freelibrary.org/calen…
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Philly, join us Thur 5/23 for a FREE event with @mkasante and his new book Nephew: A Memoir in 4-Part Harmony, in conversation with @Molefiasante. Details: tinyurl.com/4t85h5wz @UncleBobbies @FreeLibrary @FreeLibraryFdn
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While in Baltimore giving a book talk at @redemmas I had to pick up these gems, Imagination: A Manifesto by @ruha9 Nephew: A Memoir in Four-Part Harmony by @mkasante and Black Grief/White Grievance: The Politics of Loss by @creoleprof 🔥🔥🔥
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How rap and writing help heal a family's old wounds (via @latimesopinion ) latimes.com/opinion/story/20…
How rap and writing help heal a family's old wounds

How rap and writing help heal a family's old wounds

Asante's layered voice creates its own rhythm and flow, as he weaves a personal story with reflections on Black American history.

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🚨 #BookMail Alert! 🚨 These absolutely beautiful copies of NEPHEW by M.K. Asante (@mkasante) have arrived at our offices and we cannot wait for you all to have a chance to check this book out. "A master storyteller." — CNN
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Upcoming tour dates for #NEPHEW
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Chapel Hill, NC #aurora #Auroraborealis #NorthernLights
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At the 2015 AAABF, we had the pleasure of hosting the remarkable MK Asante! The energy was electric, with a full house and long lines to meet the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, "Buck." #mkasante #buck #nephew #newrelease #supportblackbookstores
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