Remembering Amiri Baraka by Africa in Harlem | posted in: African Immigrant New Yorkers | Amiri Baraka - Tongues of Fire Choir - Apollo Theater - April 2013 Image 10 of 12 Amiri Baraka, Tongues of Fire Choir at the Apollo Theater on April 27, 2013 Poet, author and political activist Amiri Baraka died January 9, 2014 in Newark, New Jersey. Related Images: