African category: 8440 books
Making Gullah
A History of Sapelo Islanders, Race, and the American Imagination
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
During the 1920s and 1930s, anthropologists and folklorists became obsessed with uncovering connections between African Americans and their African roots. At the same time, popular print media and artistic productions tapped the new appeal of black folk life, highlighting African-styled voodoo as...
Pan African Spaces
Essays on Black Transnationalism
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2018
This book explores Black identity, from a global perspective. The historical and contemporary migrations of African peoples have brought up some interesting questions regarding identity. This text examines some of those questions, and will provide relevant essays on the identities created by those...
Frankie and Johnny
Race, Gender, and the Work of African American Folklore in 1930s America
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
Originating in a homicide in St. Louis in 1899, the ballad of "Frankie and Johnny" became one of America's most familiar songs during the first half of the twentieth century. It crossed lines of race, class, and artistic genres, taking form in such varied expressions as a folk song performed by Huddie...
A Nation Can Rise No Higher Than Its Women
African American Muslim Women in the Movement for Black Self-Determination, 1950–1975
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014
A Nation Can Rise No Higher Than Its Women: African American Muslim Women in the Movement for Black Self Determination, 1950–1975 challenges traditional notions and interpretations of African American, particularly women who joined the Original Nation of Islam during the Civil Rights-Black Power...
The Sexy Ladies’ Culinary Secret
Easy, Delicious and Healthy African Recipes
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2017
Even after two pregnancies, Diaka remains to receive compliments about her figure and has been asked multiple times how she has managed to avoid weight gain despite all the delicious meals she makes. Her secret: Easy, Delicious and Healthy African Recipes. Diaka has been creating and re-creating food...
by Gbelee Sumo
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2018
The cookbook recipes are generally quite nutrient dense and contain a lot of fiber and antioxidants. Although African cooking is all about throwing all the ingredients together and tasting as you cook, this cookbook gives beginners and advanced cooks a choice to add and subtract ingredients and still...
The Prince of Jockeys
The Life of Isaac Burns Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Isaac Burns Murphy (1861--1896) was one of the most dynamic jockeys of his era. Still considered one of the finest riders of all time, Murphy was the first jockey to win the Kentucky Derby three times, and his 44 percent win record remains unmatched. Despite his success, Murphy was pushed out of Thoroughbred...
by Jessie Redmon Fauset
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2013
This ironically titled tale by an influential figure in African-American literature explores the tragic effects of color prejudice and self-hatred. Jessie Redmon Fauset's 1933 novel paints a haunting portrait of internalized racism with its depiction of a domineering mother whose determination for...
by Percival Everett, James Kincaid
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2013
Praise for Percival Everett:
If Percival Everett isn’t already a household name, it’s because people are more interested in politics than truth.”-Madison Smartt Bell, author of The Washington Square Ensemble
Everett’s talent is multifaceted, sparked by a satiric brilliance...
A White Woman To The Congo
The Tale of Sumpi, a traditional Chief's Man & Ears
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2012
Kazadi, the Chief of a Central African village, wonders how he could help his people to dramatically improve their daily life and reconcile timeless African tradition with 21st century Western lifestyle. He comes up with an unexpected solution to be carried out by his most trustworthy counselor and...
The Sexy Part of the Bible
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2011
From the author of Long Train to the Redeeming Sin, “the most jubilant celebration of black African beauty so far seen in the English language” (The Boston Globe).
Following in the footsteps of her idols Alice Walker and Toni Morrison, Kola Boof asserts her own literary prowess with a chilling...
by Stafford Battle
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
African American Science Fiction. Leap into the Black Fantastic. Afro Sci-fi offers an eye-opening anthology of stories with an unique AfroCentric viewpoint. Sword and Soul, Black Weird West, Afro Horror, and Space Opera reward the reader with unexpected and exciting perspectives in speculative literature....
Gumbo
Celebration of African American Writers
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2003
A literary rent party to benefit the Hurston/Wright Foundation of African-American fiction, with selections to savor from bestselling authors as well as talented rising stars.
Not since Terry McMillan’s Breaking Ice have so many African-American writers been brought together in one volume....
by W. E. B. Du Bois
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
The Souls of Black Folk is a classic work of American literature by W.E.B. Du Bois. It is a seminal work in the history of sociology, and a cornerstone of African-American literary history.The book, published in 1903, contains several essays on race, some of which had been previously published in Atlantic...