The Journey of Kamau Miller - Hicks Tafari, Dawn N
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An illuminating portrait of Black male teachers' lives, told through the language of HipHop and counterstory. In The Journey of Kamau Miller, Dawn N. Hicks Tafari creates Kamau Miller, a composite character shaped from interviews with Black male teachers to reveal their everyday realities, hopes, and struggles in schools and communities. Written in the tradition of Derrick Bell's chronicles, this book blends storytelling, research, and HipHop to bring their voices to the forefront. This book highlights:The lived experiences of Black men in the classroom and beyond. HipHop counter-storytelling…mehr

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An illuminating portrait of Black male teachers' lives, told through the language of HipHop and counterstory. In The Journey of Kamau Miller, Dawn N. Hicks Tafari creates Kamau Miller, a composite character shaped from interviews with Black male teachers to reveal their everyday realities, hopes, and struggles in schools and communities. Written in the tradition of Derrick Bell's chronicles, this book blends storytelling, research, and HipHop to bring their voices to the forefront. This book highlights:The lived experiences of Black men in the classroom and beyond. HipHop counter-storytelling as a tool for truth-telling and cultural affirmation. Powerful insights into what it means to teach, lead, and persist in education. A call to action for rethinking how schools support, prepare, and retain Black male educators. Bold, creative, and accessible, The Journey of Kamau Miller gives readers more than a framework - it offers a deeply human story that affirms the voices of Black men teachers and challenges us to imagine education differently
Autorenporträt
A native New Yorker, HipHop Feminist, and Scholar Activist, Dawn N. Hicks Tafari. PhD is passionate about the arts, culture, education, and translating theory into practice. She has served as an elementary school teacher, a curriculum facilitator, a teacher education program coordinator, and an educational consultant for school districts, universities, and agencies across the country. She is also co-founder of the Greensboro Kwanzaa Collective and one of the co-curators of the Black Girls and Women Matter Greensboro Town Hall. Tafari's work focuses on HipHop Feminism, Black boys and men in academic spaces, Critical Race Theory, and Kwanzaa as a site of resistance.