Amiri Baraka: my fiery inspiration | Bernardine Evaristo
His uncompromising stance set an example of bold and daring work, which continues to resoundThe African-American poet, academic and activist, Amiri Baraka, who died yesterday at the age of 79, was an intellectual troublemaker, to be sure; and that's a compliment. Vociferously black nationalist, he was still kicking ass in 2002 with his radical post 9/11 poem, Somebody Blew Up America, with its roll call of internatio…