This is a coming of age story unlike any other. LAST FROM GO follows a young black man from D.C. who has been raised by his uncle after his parents have been killed in Africa in an automobile accident. Kenton Abasi Mingus gets suspended from school for hitting a teacher and consequently, his uncle feels he can only send him to Africa for two years, to keep a promise he made to his sister and her husband before they died. In Nigeria he finds reading and himself but more importantly, what it means to be a son of Africa regardless of where you are located in the world.

In the history of post civil rights American, Torrance Stephens as a playwright, displays a tall and stunning range as well as the talented ability to hold up a mirror to America and the world and reflect its shifting values in reference to both the experience and history of African Americans. This southern poet, playwright, essayist, novelist, scientist and researcher writes of the rich cultural traditions as well as the hopes and frustrations of African descendants in America. Included are seven works written from the 1980s to the 1990s, this collection contains dramatic works of history...

In 1992, upon completing my Doctorate, I received the opportunity to do my post-doctoral work in Nigeria working with Africare International for a year. Although I was housed in Southeastern Nigeria in Owerri, Imo State, I traveled all around the nation including but not limited to Lagos, Calabar, Kano, Kaduna, Benin, Ife, Afikpo, Mbaise and Port Harcourt. My work involved serving as a research specialist with a Maternal Health and Child Survival project with an emphasis on infectious disease control. Unknowingly, I had arrived during period that saw the country under military rule via the...

Readers who already love Stephens and his ability to bring visceral human drama out of any story will love that it's simply great storytelling. His impressive range and talent are richly apparent: He astounds with his command of language and pleasures us with unexpected and indelible images. Including the scientist tasked with doing harm to their own community in "The Job" to kids growing up in the south playing football in "Hard Four" to the presentation of true romance during a chance meeting on a flight to Ethiopia in "Lime Green." From science fiction to his erotica to his philosophical...