Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin and Her Hit Records: An Analysis of Lyrics and "Loves Lost"

by Matthew Stelly

Frantz Fanon wrote that, "a man who has a language consequently possesses the world expressed and implied by that language (1967: 18). So the words and lyrics that we listen to play a major role in determining how we see and reflect upon the world around us. Furthermore, as Africentric scholar Molefi Asante posited, An ideology for liberation must find its existence in ourselves, it cannot be external to us, and it cannot be imposed by those other...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1725810522
• ISBN13: 9781725810525
• Release Date: August 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"