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    How To Become The Conqueror: An African American Revelation
    How To Become The Conqueror: An African American Revelation
    How To Become The Conqueror: An African American Revelation
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    How To Become The Conqueror: An African American Revelation

    By Amsara Sekhita Mai Holly

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    Taking a profound look at the African American experience and the far-reaching impacts of colonization and Western Civilization, this intimate relationship portrayed through poetry offers a truthful reflection that resonates not only in the United States but also throughout the diaspora. This raw and spiritual interpretation prompts the reader t

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherA.S.M.H.
    Release dateApr 19, 2023
    ISBN9798218167080
    How To Become The Conqueror: An African American Revelation
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    Amsara Sekhita Mai Holly

    Amsara Holly is an African American artist, spoken-word poet, and writer. Her unique and raw writing style emerges as a refreshing presence in not just the world of poetry but American literature.

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      How To Become The Conqueror - Amsara Sekhita Mai Holly

      How To Become The Conqueror

      How To Become The Conqueror

      Copyright © 2023 by Amsara Sekhita Mai Holly

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      First Printing, 2023

      How To Become The Conqueror

      An African American Revelation

      Amsara Sekhita Mai Holly

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      A.S.M.H

      Contents

      DEDICATION

      PREFACE

      1 THE AFRICAN AMERICAN

      2 THE CONQUEROR'S WIFE

      3 THE OTHER WOMEN

      4 THE CONQUEROR

      5 THE SPIRIT

      6 THE REVOLUTION

      8 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

      This book is dedicated to people of color across the diaspora.

      PREFACE

      What plagues us is not our journey with our conqueror...but instead who we decide to be, what imprinted impacts we let define us, what new characteristics and values we choose to carry - after we are set free.

      Mental bondage is the precipice of our state. It is the second step in the liberation of the Black man and woman in the diaspora after being released from physical shackles more than 100 years ago. However, it is vital that our position be carefully examined regarding

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