M. K. Asante
MK Asante is an American author, filmmaker, rapper, and professor at Morgan State University. He is best known for his best-selling memoir Buck.
Biography
Born in Harare, Zimbabwe and raised in Philadelphia, he is the son of scholar Molefi Kete Asante and choreographer Kariamu Welsh. Growing up he struggled with the disintegration of his family, the incarceration of his brother, and the city's urban decay. After being expelled from multiple schools, he discovered his talent for writing at 16 and decided to pursue it as a career.
Books
Asante is the author of four books, most notably Buck, a memoir about his troubled yet profound youth in Philadelphia. Buck was selected as a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers pick and made the Washington Post bestseller list in 2014 and 2015. Poet Maya Angelou, who mentored Asante, described Buck as:
His other books are the poetry collections, Beautiful. And Ugly Too and Like Water Running Off My Back and the creative nonfiction book It's Bigger Than Hip Hop.
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Asante (name)
Asante is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Asante (album)
Asante is an album by jazz pianist McCoy Tyner released on the Blue Note label. It was recorded in 1970 and features performances by Tyner with Andrew White, Ted Dunbar, Buster Williams, Billy Hart, Mtume and "Songai" Sandra Smith providing vocals on two tracks. The Allmusic review by Scott Yanow states "Asante is a bit unusual for the emphasis is on group interplay rather than individual solos". The CD release adds three tracks that originally appeared on the album Cosmos (1976).
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Bonus tracks on CD release from Cosmos, recorded on July 21, 1970
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