Osayande takes on the single most controversial issue in the hip hop world in this tour de force of critical essays on the exploitation of Black women in the rap industry. Covering the major controversies in hip hop for the past several years, he dissects the lives and lyrics of such hip hop stars as Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Kanye West, Emimen, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Ludacris, Nelly, OutKast, R. Kelly, Beanie Sigel, Busta Rhymes, Ma$e, Common, Dead Prez, Kirk Franklin and more.

Misogyny & the Emcee: Sex, Race & Hip Hop (2008) $13.00 Paperback, 110 pp.

At a time when the outcry is minimal and the voices are tragically few, Ewuare Osayande's Misogyny & the Emcee takes no prisoners and cuts straight to the chase on challenging all forms of inter- and intra-racial violence perpetuated against Black women and girls. Too fierce! In response to Abbey Lincoln's timeless essay ‘Who Will Revere The Black Woman?,’ Osayande's powerful book of essays very loudly and clearly says ‘I will!’

Aishah Shahidah Simmons,

Producer, Writer, Director, NO! The Rape Documentary

Commemorating King: Speeches Honoring the Legacy (2010) $7.00 Saddlestitch, 36 pp.

Commemorating King collects three of Osayande's speeches given in 2002, 2008 and 2009. Whereas many speakers focus on Dr. King’s 1963 "I Have A Dream" speech, Osayande takes on the full measure of King's legacy. He shows the breadth and depth of King's consciousness and commitment to justice and peace. Osayande applies King's prophetic analysis to our world today and encourages us to make King's commitment our own.

Osayande’s powerful voice and liberating vision reverberates throughout these pages. He has embraced his prophetic call and in the tradition of Old Testament prophets, Osayande refuses to proclaim ‘Justice, Justice!’ until there is justice for all!

The Rev. Karen Hernandez-Granzen

Senior Pastor

Westminster Presbyterian Church, Trenton, NJ

Prophet or Profit: New & Selected Poems (2010) $7.00 Saddlestitch, 36 pp.

In this collection of poetry, Osayande offers his reflections on the 2008 presidential race and the election of the nation’s first Black president. He also ruminates on the state of Black culture, castigates imperialism and mocks the gross inequities of free trade. This work also includes “A Raging Flood of Tears,” his poem for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

In the tradition of the Black Arts Movement, Osayande comes forth singing out of Philly’s grim promise. Fiery and explicit, focused and unsparing. the living voices of Ancestors ring in his superlative invocations of Memory. Explosive and spirited in his metaphor, our revolutionary passion continues on in this Ogunian Maroon, our heir and Jeremiah to the Hip-Hop Nation. Long may his raw hipness, sweetened in Love, raise us above these hellish cities, and point our people on the stony road to Liberation.

Askia M. Toure’

Author -  Dawnsong: The Epic Memory of Askia Toure’

Are White Christians Anti-Racist or Do They Just Want to be Forgiven? (2005) $5.00 Saddlestitch, 28 pp.

Are White Christians Anti-Racist, Or Do They Just Want to be Forgiven? is a searing indictment on the white church’s unwillingness to take seriously the Biblical mandate of social justice. This short essay is not short on passion and conviction. This work is born of Osayande’s activism in Christian churches, schools and organizations over the past twenty years. In that time, he has spoken and organized at a number of colleges and churches including Messiah College, Eastern University, Bethel University, the United Methodist Church Eastern Pennsylvania Conference, Mennonite Central Committee and the Presbyterian Church.

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