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Amiri Baraka

African-american writer (1934–2014).

Born October 7th, 1934 in Newark. ^[ref]

Died January 9th, 2014 at 79 years old in Newark (surgical complications). ^[ref]

Occupations

activist, critic, essayist, journalist, music critic, novelist, playwright, poet, prose writer, screenwriter, writer

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