. . "Ever since she was a little girl attending three different churches, poet Nikki Giovanni has loved the spirituals. Now, with the passion of a poet and the knowledge of a historian, she paints compelling portraits of the lives of her ancestors through the words of songs such as \"Go Down, Moses\" and \"Ain't Got Time to Die,\" celebrating a people who overcame enslavement and found a way to survive, to worship, and to build."@en . . "Nikki Giovanni celebrates the courage, strength and character of Africans in America through the inspirational words of the spirituals." . "On my journey now : looking at African-American history through the spirituals" . . "On my journey now : looking at African-American history through the spirituals"@en . . . . . "\"Giovanni tells the story of Africans in America through the words of 46 spirituals.\"--Source other than the Library of Congress."@en . "History" . "History"@en . "On my journey now looking at African-American history through the spirituals"@en . . . . "On my journey now : looking at African-American history" . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . "Juvenile works" . "Juvenile works"@en . . "\"Giovanni tells the story of Africans in America through the words of 46 spirituals.\"--From source other than the Library of Congress." . . "On my journey now : looking at African-American history through the Spirituals"@en . . "\"Giovanni tells the story of Africans in America through the words of 46 spirituals.\"--From source other than the Library of Congress" . . . .