Bøger af Rhiannon Giddens

In a companion to Build a House, Rhiannon Giddens ¿ Grammy Award winner and co-founder of the Carolina Chocolate Drops ¿ gives wing to a moving tale of grace and transcendence, with acclaimed artist Briana Mukodiri Uchendu.At a sparrow¿s urging, a young girl feels a mysterious trembling in her arms, a lightness in her feet, a longing to be free. Her mother tells her that her Granny Liza experienced the same, as did many of their people before her. Perhaps it¿s time, Mama says, to slip the bonds of earth and join the journey started long ago? To hold each other tight and rise? Drawing on song lyrics, which in turn draw on a heritage of African folklore, this incantatory dialogue between a mother and daughter paired with startlingly beautiful illustrations celebrates love, resilience and the spiritual power of the ¿old-time ways¿ ¿ tradition and shared cultural memory ¿ to sustain and uplift.

"At a sparrow's urging, a young girl feels a mysterious trembling in her arms, a lightness in her feet, a longing to be free. Her mother tells her that her Granny Liza experienced the same, as did many of their people before her. Perhaps it's time, Mama says, to slip the bonds of earth and join the journey started long ago. To hold each other tight and rise"--

Grammy Award-winner Rhiannon Giddens celebrates Black history and culture in her unflinching, uplifting and gorgeously illustrated picture book debut.Acclaimed musician, Rhiannon Giddens, has long used her art to mine Americäs musical past and manifest its future, passionately recovering lost voices and reconstructing a nation¿s musical heritage. Build a House tells the moving story of a people who would not be moved and the music that sustained them.Steeped in sorrow and joy, resilience and resolve, turmoil and transcendence, this dramatic debut offers a proud view of history and a vital message: honour your heritage, express your truth and let your voice soar, even, or perhaps especially, when your heart is heaviest.