Jordannah Elizabeth

She Raised Her Voice! (eBook, ePUB)

50 Black Women Who Sang Their Way Into Music History
Illustrator: Dengoue, Briana

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A fully illustrated middle-grade anthology celebrating Black women singers throughout history in a first-of-its-kind collection.

Winner of the 2022 JJA Jazz Awards for Book of Year about Jazz

From jazz and blues, hip hop and R&B, pop, punk, and opera, Black women have made major contributions to the history and formation of musical genres for more than a century. In this fully illustrated middle grade anthology, 50 strong, empowering, and inspiring Black women singers' bios will teach kids to follow their dreams, to think outside the box, and to push the boundaries of what's expected. Written by music writer and journalist Jordannah Elizabeth and illustrated by Briana Dengoue, She Raised Her Voice! will inspire readers to find their voice and their own way of expressing themselves.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Running Press
• Altersempfehlung: ab 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780762475148
• Artikelnr.: 62197087

Autorenporträt

Jordannah Elizabeth is an author, music critic, editor, and lecturer. She is a columnist at New York Amsterdam News and her work has appeared in Ms. Magazine, ZORA, Village Voice, LA Weekly, NPR Music, and many other publications. She has lectured and received invitations as a guest journalist from Harvard University, Pratt Institute, Maryland Institute College of Art, Columbia University, and De Montfort University in Leicester, England. She is a Baltimore native and enjoys reading, travel and spending time with her close friends and family.

Briana Dengoue is a Philadelphia born and based illustrator and graphic designer. She obtained her BFA in Fine Arts from Maryland Institute and College of Art in 2017. When she's not busy creating art she can be found aggressively playing volleyball with a city league or having a good cry or hardy laugh to a movie marathon.