The Minister Primarily

Year for Search
2021
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Satire in which an imaginary, impoverished African country is found to be a major source of an extremely rare mineral need by wealthy countries. Depicts the corruption of African politicians by corrupt American politicians, all of which sounds contemporary. In addition, the novel satirizes African American life. First publication of a novel written in the 1980s and lost. See also 1967 Killens.

Pagination
xxv + 464 pp.
Published Date

2021

Publisher
Amistad 35/HarperCollins
Place Published
New York
ISBN Number
9780063079593
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2021 Killens, John Oliver (1916-87). The Minister Primarily. New York: Amistad 35/HarperCollins. xxv + 464 pp. with a “Foreword John Oliver Killens: The Real and the Fake” by Ishmael Reed (vii-xxv).

Satire in which an imaginary, impoverished African country is found to be a major source of an extremely rare mineral need by wealthy countries. Depicts the corruption of African politicians by corrupt American politicians, all of which sounds contemporary. In addition, the novel satirizes African American life. First publication of a novel written in the 1980s and lost. See also 1967 Killens. The African American author won the Pulitzer Prize three times, was a founder of the Black Arts Movement, and a mentor to many African American authors.

Info Notes

There is a “Foreword John Oliver Killens: The Real and the Fake” by Ishmael Reed (vii-xxv).

Author Note

The African American author (1916-87) won the Pulitzer Prize three times, was a founder of the Black Arts Movement, and a mentor to many African American authors.

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