Zolemba zosangalatsa komanso zoyipa za ku Afro-America zikuchitika kuyambira zaka za m'ma XNUMX Toni Morrison adadziwika kuti ndi wolemba nkhani waluso kwambiri, chifukwa cha zongopeka komanso zowona zomwe zimalandila miyoyo yopeka m'malo ozindikirika komanso madera omwe malingaliro atsankho, kusankhana mitundu komanso mthunzi wakale wamantha owopsa okhalapo limodzi ukupulumukirabe mwamphamvu.
Colson Whitehead Ndi m'modzi mwa olowa m'malo achichepere a Afro-America pano ophatikizidwa ndi mutu wa ntchito zake kuposa mtundu wawo. Ngakhale zochitika za Whitehead ndizochulukirapo ndipo zimakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi njira zongopeka.
Ndipo m'badwo wachitatu tsopano ifika ku Spain Chipinda cha Jesmyn, wolemba wachichepere koma wofunitsitsa kupitiliza kusiya umboni wazowopsa zaposachedwa zatsankho komanso kudana ndi khungu. Chifukwa ntchito zonse zakuyanjanitsa sizinachitike m'malingaliro opunduka kwambiri ku America kapena kwina kulikonse.
Munkhaniyi yomwe ili ndi mutu woti "Nyimbo ya amoyo ndi akufa", tikupeza buku lamsewu lomwe lili ndi zida zonse zolowera limodzi mwamaulendo oyambitsira anthu onse komanso tokha. Wolemba akamakwanitsa kutipangitsa kukhala mgalimoto imodzimodzi ndi anthu otchulidwa, ndikumayambitsa kukayikira komweko ndikugawana nthawi zamtenderezi polingalira za kusintha kwa malo, kupambana kwa uthenga wake kumatsimikizika.
Jojo ndi Kayla, achinyamata awiri a mulatto amayenda ndi amayi awo Leonie kupita kundende komwe abambo awo adamangidwa. Leonie sanakhale mayi wangwiro monga momwe amakhalira nthawi zonse pakati pa kusungulumwa ndi chiyembekezo chosamveka chaulemerero, monga chiyembekezo cha nyenyezi yosweka mtima.
Akazi atatuwo amapita kukasaka mzungu yemwe ayenera kukhala bambo ndi mwamuna. Pakadali pano, kuyandikiraku kukuwonetsa kuyeserera koyamba kwa banja pakati pa atatuwa, mpaka pano olekanitsidwa ndi agogo aamayi omwe amayang'anira kulera atsikana pakamwa pa Mississippi. Kubwera kwa otchulidwa atsopano paulendowu ku ndende yakale ya Parchman Farm, pomwe chimodzi mwazovuta zomwe zidalembedwa m'derali zidalembedwa, zimabweretsa nyimbo zatsopano zomwe zimawoneka ngati kuyesera pakati pa miyoyo ya A symphony yomaliza Izi zitha kumveka ngati moyo watsopano, ngongole zakale zamtundu, kapena kukhumudwitsidwa ndi imfa.
Tsopano mutha kugula buku la The Song of the Living and the Dead, buku latsopano la Jesmyn Ward, apa: