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The Nigger Factory

by Gil Scott-Heron
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The scathing second novel by the legendary poet, musician and Godfather of Rap is a work of “biting social satire” (Daily Express).
 
Originally published in 1972, Gil Scott-Heron’s striking novel The Nigger Factory is a powerful parable of the way in which human beings are conditioned to think, drawing inspiration from Scott-Heron’s own experiences as a student in the late 1960’s and early 70’s.
 
Earl Thomas, student body president at Sutton University, is in a difficult position: struggling with the fact that even a historically black college could be part of a system that still privileges whites, he’s also threatened by his fellow students, members of radical activist group MJUMBE. Claiming the time has come for revolution, not reform, the leaders of MJUMBE are poised not only to bring Earl down personally, but also to instigate larger scale acts of violence.
 
An electrifying novel, The Nigger Factory is a penetrating examination of the different forms of resistance and the motivations behind them, and a major document of an era of black thought.
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Publisher: Grove Atlantic

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  • Release date: December 4, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9780802193919
  • Release date: December 4, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9780802193919
  • File size: 656 KB
  • Release date: December 4, 2012

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Fiction African American Fiction Literature

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English

The scathing second novel by the legendary poet, musician and Godfather of Rap is a work of “biting social satire” (Daily Express).
 
Originally published in 1972, Gil Scott-Heron’s striking novel The Nigger Factory is a powerful parable of the way in which human beings are conditioned to think, drawing inspiration from Scott-Heron’s own experiences as a student in the late 1960’s and early 70’s.
 
Earl Thomas, student body president at Sutton University, is in a difficult position: struggling with the fact that even a historically black college could be part of a system that still privileges whites, he’s also threatened by his fellow students, members of radical activist group MJUMBE. Claiming the time has come for revolution, not reform, the leaders of MJUMBE are poised not only to bring Earl down personally, but also to instigate larger scale acts of violence.
 
An electrifying novel, The Nigger Factory is a penetrating examination of the different forms of resistance and the motivations behind them, and a major document of an era of black thought.
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Fiction African American Fiction Literature