Amiri Baraka died

Amiri Baraka.

    Amiri Baraka, black American poet died. He was also an activist and is also a playwright. It can be said that he is famous for a fairly radical activities, he is a writer on behalf of the 1960s and 1970s. Rather than he was trying to move the political in terms of art, he had a good understanding of the political power that art has. For example, he leaved a word called "The chain is slave's boast". Baraka says, "Slaves too familiar with the circumstances, they begin to boast to one another of the chain that connects the foot of his surprise. On the contrary they begin to laugh at free people who are not in chains. But the chain that connects the slaves is actually a chain of the same one only. And slave is only a slave. Slaves of the past are not ceded the freedom of spirit, they were trying to free himself. But modern slaves become slaves of their own, they do not realize it. On the contrary they are proud to be a slave. "    He criticized a biting modern society until his later years. Its attitude was condemned as demagogue Zany. But he was not afraid to be the opinion aggressive. It is that precious.

The sources 

http://mainichi.jp/english/english/features/news/20140110p2g00m0et002000c.html

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