AMIRI-BARAKA-Obituary

AMIRI BARAKA

1934 - 2014

Obituaries

BARAKA--Amiri, The American Academy of Arts and Letters notes with sorrow the death of our distinguished colleague. He was a leader in the Black Arts movement 50 years ago; of his reputation as a controversial voice then, he later described himself as a "revolutionary optimist."

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Amiri, I love you for all. Your life has been inspiration to generations to be born. May your soul rest in perfect peace.
From Charles Akinde, Nigeria.

Condolences for your loss My you have under serve kindness and peace from God our Father and The Lord Jesus Christ Romans 1:7

God will remember us in his book of remembrance.so may we endure until then.

This was truly an amazing person with so much talent the loss is clearly ours. Prayers fill our hearts and burst forth from our mouths to God asking him to let us remember clearly the love we have for this wonderful person gone from our lives never forgetting the joy we shared. Hebrews 6:10.

Jennaluna

I am so sorry to hear this. My thoughts are with Amiri's family. Your poetry is and will always be influential in my writing.

The loss of a loved one is one of the hardest pains to deal with. Please take comfort in the bibles message of a new world without sickness and death.

My deepest sympathies to the family and friends of Mr. Baraka's. May God comfort and sustain you during this time of sadness.

Draw close to God and he will draw close to you. James 4:8.