@booklet {11313, title = {The Minister Primarily}, year = {2021}, month = {2021}, pages = {xxv + 464 pp.}, publisher = {Amistad 35/HarperCollins}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

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.

}, keywords = {African American author, Male author}, isbn = {9780063079593 }, author = {John Oliver Killens (1916-87)} } @booklet {2106, title = {{\textquoteright}Sippi}, year = {1967}, note = {

Rpt. with the subtitle\ A Novel. New York: Thunder\&$\#$39;s Mouth Press, 1988.

}, month = {1967}, publisher = {Trident Press}, address = {New York}, abstract = {

Dystopia of contemporary race relations in the U.S. and the state of Mississippi in particular. The novel ends with the murder of one of the Black protagonists leading to a world-wide uprising of Black peoples.

}, keywords = {African American author, Male author}, author = {John Oliver Killens (1916-87)} }