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Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War by Howard W. French

Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War

Howard W. French

16 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
nonfiction history race challenging informative medium-paced
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Things Fall Apart
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Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart

The African Trilogy #1

Chinua Achebe

191 pages • first pub 1958 (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
fiction classics historical challenging dark reflective medium-paced
A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance by Stella Dadzie

A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and Resistance

Stella Dadzie

5 hours, 49 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions) user-added

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging dark informative medium-paced
Oi You Lot by Kareem Parkins-Brown

Oi You Lot

Kareem Parkins-Brown

34 pages • missing pub info (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
fiction poetry
Festac '77: 2nd World Festival of Black and African Arts and Culture by Ben Verghese, Ziphozenkosi Dayile, Mamadou Diallo, Duduetsang Lamola, Akin Adesokan, Terry Ayugi, Eva Munyiri, Bongani Kona, Moses März, Andrea Meeson, Dominique Malaquais, Ntone Edjabe, Stacy Hardy, Graeme Arendse

Festac '77: 2nd World Festival of Black and African Arts and Culture

Ben Verghese, Ziphozenkosi Dayile, Mamadou Diallo, Duduetsang Lamola, Akin Adesokan, Terry Ayugi, Eva Munyiri, Bongani Kona, Moses März, Andrea Meeson, Dominique Malaquais, Ntone Edjabe, Stacy Hardy, Graeme Arendse

352 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
challenging reflective medium-paced
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power by Mark Godfrey
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power
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Mark Godfrey

Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power

Mark Godfrey

240 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
nonfiction art history informative medium-paced
Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire by Kojo Koram

Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire

Kojo Koram

304 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Anthology of Rap by Adam Bradley, Common, Andrew DuBois, Chuck D, Henry Louis Gates Jr.

The Anthology of Rap

Adam Bradley, Common, Andrew DuBois, Chuck D, Henry Louis Gates Jr.

920 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
nonfiction music poetry informative slow-paced
A Portable Paradise by Roger Robinson

A Portable Paradise

Roger Robinson

81 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
fiction poetry emotional reflective fast-paced
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks

All About Love: New Visions

Love Trilogy #1

bell hooks

267 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

5.0repeatbeatpoet's review
nonfiction essays feminism gender informative inspiring reflective medium-paced