{"product_id":"9781514413913","title":"I See Hip Hop Afrika","description":"In March 2014, I came across a professional development grant offered by the University of California, Riverside. I had just been hired to teach West African dance in the Department of Dance as a physical education class for the general student body. With all my credentials in dance, I felt compelled to visit the motherland to gain firsthand knowledge and education on the subjects of West African dance and culture. This sabbatical journey was a long-awaited dream. The twelve-day sabbatical included Senegal’s cultural destinations: Dakar, Pink Lake, St. Louis, Saly\/Mbour, and a tour of the Door of No Return on Beer (Goreé) Island. While there, I maintained three daily journals: a written journal, a video journal, and a sketch journal. From those works, I created a video documentary that included the guided tour of the Slave Mansion on Beer Island, a greeting card collection called the Sankofa Collection, which features the twelve sketches and a photo of me jumping into the ocean at Beer Island, a nonfiction book titled 12 Days in Senegal: An Artist’s Journey, which is my twelve-day account of the sabbatical, as well as this picture poetry book. My vision was to create a nonfiction book for young readers and adults alike that allows them to travel along with me through the rich cultural countrysides and cities of Senegal. In this book, I return to my craft as a spoken word artist, poetically capturing the beauty, intrigue, and joy of Africa.","brand":"Xlibris US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47132387311856,"sku":"9781514413913","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781514413913_p0.jpg?v=1763725268","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781514413913","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}