The Eloquence of Scribes
By: Ayi Kwei Armah
4.44
Format: None pages, None
A memoir on one African intellectual’s growth to social consciousness and a literary vocation, from…
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1. The Coming
By: Daniel Black
4.41
Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition
Daniel Black is at the top of his literary game with The Coming, a novel that National Book Award-w… read more
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"The power of speech does not rely upon meaning. Words carry energy all by themselves. They vibrate through the air, with the intention of the speaker, shaping consciousness and touching hearts whethe…"-Daniel Black, The Coming
"The pain of what happened next lives in our collective memory. It mauls our souls each day. Yet it must be told. Silence guarantees no healing. It promises that the child's life would be forgotten an…"-Daniel Black, The Coming
2. How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
By: Walter Rodney , Vincent Harding
4.42
Format: 312 pages, Paperback
The decisiveness of the short period of colonialism and its negative consequences for Africa spring… read more
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"It was economics that Europe should invest in Africa and control the continent's raw materials and labour. It was racism which confirmed the decision that form of control should be direct colonial ru…"-Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
"On any basic figure of the Africans landed alive in the Americas, one would have to make several extensions- starting with a calculation to cover mortality in transshipment. The Atlantic crossing, or…"-Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
"There was a period when the capitalist system increased the well-being of significant numbers of people as a by-product of seeking out profits for a few, but today the quests for profits comes into s…"-Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
"Governor Cameroon of Tanganyika in the 1920s was known as a "progressive" governor. But when he was attacked for trying to preserve the African personality in the educational system, he denied the ch…"-Walter Rodney, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
3. My Soul to Keep (African Immortals, #1)
By: Tananarive Due
3.66
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
When Jessica marries David, he is everything she wants in a family man: brilliant, attentive, ever … read more
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4. My Soul to Take (African Immortals, #4)
By: Tananarive Due
3.98
Format: 269 pages,
"Essence" bestselling and award-winning author Tananarive Due delivers a heart-stopping new novel c… read more
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5. Something Torn and New: An African Renaissance
By: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
3.91
Format: 163 pages, Paperback
Novelist Ngugi wa Thiong'o has been a force in African literature for decades: Since the 1970s, whe… read more
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6. The Living Blood (African Immortals, #2)
By: Tananarive Due
3.83
Format: None pages,
Jessica Jacobs-Wolde's life was destroyed when her husband, David Wolde killed both their daughter … read more
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7. Stokely Speaks: From Black Power to Pan-Africanism
By: Mumia Abu-Jamal , Stokely Carmichael
2.76
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
In the speeches and articles collected in this book, the black activist, organizer, and freedom fig… read more
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8. James
By: Percival Everett
4.54
Format: 303 pages, Hardcover
A brilliant, action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn , both harrowing and f… read more
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9. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
By: Michael Harriot
4.59
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more
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10. Don't Cry for Me
By: Daniel Black
4.35
Format: 301 pages, Hardcover
A Black father makes amends with his gay son through letters written on his deathbed in this wise a… read more
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"I want readers to reconsider the capacity of our fathers’ hearts. Many of them were handed so little, yet we expected so much."-Daniel Black, Don't Cry for Me
"Hurt is worse than anger, you know. Anger dwells in the head, then fades. Hurt lingers in the soul. It rearranges your feelings without your permission. It blinds you."-Daniel Black, Don't Cry for Me
"Reconsider the capacity of our fathers’ hearts. Many of them were handed so little, yet we expected so much. They gave more than they had, but less than what we needed."-Daniel Black, Don't Cry for Me
"Pride can really kill a man. Actually, it makes him kill himself. He justifies his errors and creates his own righteousness in his mind. Grandma used to say, "There is a way that seemeth right unto a…"-Daniel Black, Don't Cry for Me
11. Finding Me
By: Viola Davis
4.55
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In my book, you will meet a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-cha… read more
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12. The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler-Colonial Conquest and Resistance, 1917-2017
By: Rashid Khalidi
4.50
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US … read more
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13. Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
By: Howard W. French
4.31
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
Traditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European histor… read more
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14. An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created
By: Santi Elijah Holley
4.29
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
An enlightening history of the rise and lasting impact of Black liberation groups in America, as se… read more
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15. The Kneeling Man: My Father's Life as a Black Spy Who Witnessed the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
By: Leta McCollough Seletzky
3.91
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A memoir and exploration of the recent past attempting to understand the author's complex father, M… read more
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16. Black Movements in America (Revolutionary Thought/Radical Movements)
By: Cedric J. Robinson
4.26
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
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17. The Eloquence of Scribes
By: Ayi Kwei Armah
4.44
Format: None pages, None
A memoir on one African intellectual’s growth to social consciousness and a literary vocation, from… read more
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18. We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance
By: Kellie Carter Jackson
4.49
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
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19. The Message
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.58
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more
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"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message
20. The Importance of Being Educable: A New Theory of Human Uniqueness
By: Leslie Valiant
4.13
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
In the age of AI, why our future depends on better understanding what makes us human We are at a c… read more
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21. The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America
By: Andrew W. Kahrl
4.58
Format: 456 pages, Hardcover
Revealing a history that is deep, broad, and infuriating, The Black Tax casts a bold light on the r… read more
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