Ellington Was Not a Street Cover:Hardcover Meet Esa Bella

Meet Esa Bella

no one questioned that rule—until the drum dream girl

’s backyard

Afia must find the courage to survive while standing on her own--or risking losing herself completely to the wonders of Ijábù

Ellington Was Not a Street Cover:Hardcover Meet Esa BellaFeaturing luminous art by Coretta Scott King Awardwinning illustrator Kadir Nelson, this reflective picture book by poet Ntozake Shange looks back at the great Black thinkers and innovators who visited her fathers house. A close knit group of Black innovators formed their own community in the early to mid twentieth century. These men of vision lived at a time when the color of their skin dictated where they could live, what schools they could attend,