Born Freeloaders by Phumlani Pikoli
Born on the cusp of democracy, the crew of young friends in Born Freeloaders navigates a life of drinking, wild parties and other recklessness. The siblings at the centre of…
Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Set in the author’s girlhood hometown of Lorain, Ohio, it tells the story of black, eleven-year-old Pecola Breedlove who grew up following the Great Depression. Pecola prays for her eyes…
Yaa Gyasi Makes the 2021 Women’s Prize Longlist
Ghanaian-American writer, Yaa Gyasi, is the only African-born author named in the Women’s Prize 2021 longlist for her sophomore novel ‘Transcendent Kingdom’. The Women’s Prize recently announced its much awaited…
Milk Blood Heat by Dantiel Moniz
Set among the cities and suburbs of Florida, each story in Milk Blood Heat delves into the ordinary worlds of young girls, women, and men who find themselves confronted by…
Surviving The White Gaze: A Memoir by Rebecca Carroll
A stirring and powerful memoir from black cultural critic Rebecca Carroll recounting her painful struggle to overcome a completely white childhood in order to forge her identity as a black…
Clover Hope’s ‘The Motherlode’ Puts Women In Rap First
To quote Queen Latifah’s 1989 anthem, The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop, is a book that puts “Ladies First.” The new offering from journalist Clover Hope covers the history…
New book empowers Americans to Reset Cultural Mindsets
With Black History Month upon us, African Americans looking to level up their finances in 2021 while reflecting on our cultural financial history now have a fresh resource to look…
Just as I Am by Cicely Tyson, Michelle Burford
In her spirited debut memoir, actor Tyson recalls her extraordinary life, as well as the racial and gender stereotyping, movie-business prejudice, and ill-behaved men that shaped her seven-decade career. Tyson…
Edge Control for the Soul by Brianna Laren
Edge Control for the Soul, is a collection of poems that artfully interweaves self-discovery with the natural hair journey. Brianna Laren delves into everyday obstacles black women encounter with poems…