Have you ever started a book and immediately known it was going to be an experience you would remember forever? Dear Black Girl: Letters from Your Sisters on Stepping into Your Power was just that for me.
Non-fiction
Carefree Black Girls: Black Women are popular culture
The truth is no matter how often the media attempts to mute our voices and discredit our influence, pop culture is irrelevant without black women.
Dear Senthuran explores the highs and lows of being a god
It would be hard for anyone to finish Dear Senthuran without a change—a change in perspective, understanding, knowledge. Knowing your identity is one thing, but living it is another. Emezi does both.
Cassava Republic Press collects the stories of Nigeria’s queer women
A rich resource that allows Nigeria’s queer women to speak their truths as honestly, as openly, and as safely as they can.
When Mr Mandela Came to Town: The Story Behind the Book
I explicitly remember my dad saying: “this is history in the making, better than any book you will ever read.” Ironically, 25 years later, I have now written about this very experience.
Travelling while black in this disoriented world
An insightful read for anyone who wants a broader perspective on what it’s like to travel in a world that privileges some, but restricts many others.
“I hope Black girls leave the book feeling that alrightness”: A conversation with Tamara Winfrey-Harris
Dear Black Girl: Letters from Your Sisters on Stepping into Your Power speaks directly to Black girls, and women, showing us that anything is possible and we are 'alright'.
A perfect blend of the personal and the political
Black Boy Out of Time is an eloquent and enlightening testament to the ways in which Black authors recraft genre categories that are not truly interested in telling our stories.
A pioneering travelogue about Black Europe
Johny Pitts leads the way in spotlighting the flavour and entangled histories of Europe's Black communities through what may be one of the most comprehensive and transnational studies on the subject to date.