In his debut poetry collection, black ivory, Karega Ani provides an unflinching, and at times, scathing critique of American politics, racism, criminal justice, jingoism, religion, identity, and hypocrisy. From cover to cover, black ivory serves as a liberation roadmap. It is a battle cry for the disenfranchised (see Conspiracy Realists), a rekindled fire for the disaffected (see The Law of Opposites), a glimpse into the mysteries of the ostensibly banal (see Silent Majority), and much, much more. 'Sankofa' is the ancient African concept that one must sometimes refer to the past in order to...