Amiri Baraka

American writer of poetry, drama, fiction, essays and music criticism, actor, teacher, theatre director/producer and activist, born Everett Leroy Jones 7 October 1934 in Newark, New Jersey, USA, died 9 January 2014 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. He is the father of Ras Baraka & Amiri Baraka Jr. and husband to Amina Baraka. Other pen name: Imamu Amear Baraka;