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Arts, Business, Cookery, Children's & Sport
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If
a Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks by
Faith Ringgold
If a bus could talk, it would tell the story of a young African-American
girl named Rosa who had to walk miles to her one-room schoolhouse in
Alabama while white children rode to their school in a bus. It would
tell how the adult Rosa rode to and from work on a segregated city bus
and couldn't sit in the same row as a white person. It would tell of
the fateful day when Rosa refused to give up her seat to a white man
and how that act of courage inspired others around the world to stand
up for freedom. In this book a bus does talk, and on her way to school
a girl named Marcie learns why Rosa Parks is the mother of the Civil
Rights movement. At the end of Marcie's magical ride, she meets Rosa
Parks herself at a birthday party with several distinguished guests.
Wait until she tells her class about this!
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Roots to Reckoning
- The photography of Armet Francis, Neil Kenlock & Charlie Phillips
Roots to Reckoning shows the work of three Jamaican-born photographers,
Neil Kenlock (b.1950), Armet Francis (b.1945) and Charlie Phillips (b.1944).
Through their striking and moving images, the book traces their own individual
journeys as they search for their own identities as black or African
Londoners, as well as children of West Indian immigrants. Introduction
by Mike Phillips. (From the Roots to Reckoning exhibition at the Museum
of London).
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So Long a Letter by Mariama
Ba
This novel is in the form of a letter, written by the widowed Ramatoulaye
and describing her struggle for survival. It is the winner of the Noma
Award. "In 'So Long a Letter' one gets the deep feelings of an African
woman, a middle aged Senegalese school teacher called Ramatoulaye. Ramatoulaye
is an educated Muslim mother, who got abandoned by her husband, and who
is finally faced with the new position in her life as a widow. In this
absolutely magnificent book ... written in a poetic flow, Ramatoulaye
determinedly adjusts to her changing roles and writes a letter to her
close friend Aissatou, who now lives abroad as a single woman. ... Mariama
Ba ... takes the reader into the world of Ramatoulaye's culture, her
past and her hopes and dreams and forces the reader to confront the purpose
of controversial traditions and religions in the lives of people in modern
day Africa.
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October 2005's
Picks:
- Undefeated:
Am I the Same Girl? by Marsha Hunt
- Hallelujah!
The Welcome Table by
Maya Angelou
- Made
in Britain: Inspirational Role Models from British Black and Minority
Ethnic Communities by
Steven D'Souza & Patrick Clarke
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- Books
by Henry Louis Gates
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. is W. E. B. Du Bois Professor of the
Humanities, Chair of the Department African and African American
Studies, and Director of the W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African
and African American Research, Harvard University. "Recognized
for his extensive research of African American history and literature,
and for developing and expanding the African American Studies
program at Harvard University. The first black to have received
a Ph.D. from Cambridge, Gates is the author of many books, articles,
essays, and reviews, and has received numerous awards and honorary
degrees." (Link
to Henry Louis Gates biog and link
to some book excerpts)
- Books
by Basil Davidson
"Basil Davidson led a successful life in both film and print. He became
an accomplished contributor to the studies of African history. His important
contributions in the field, developed a school of modern African history, in
which the prejudices and presumptions of African civilisation were abandoned,
and archaeological evidence was embraced. His study of African history and archaeology
helped change the view of African civilisations being "backward" or
unrefined, to a view of an Africa that was sophisticated both culturally and
technologically. Davidson's book "The Lost Cities of Africa" won him
the 1960 Anisfield-Wolf Award, for the best book which dealt with racial problems
in creative literature. His work on African history won the 1970 Gold Medal from
Haile Selassies. In 1976 he won the Medalha Amilcar Cabral. He also earned honorary
degrees from Open University of Great Britain in 1980, and the University of
Edinburgh in 1981. For his film "Africa" he won the Gold Award, from
the International Film and Television Festival of New York in 1984." (Source)
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Books by and on Historical Figures
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Martin Luther King
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Olaudah Equiano
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Books on Black Women |
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Black Employment |
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& Poetry |
- Novels
(Top Pick)
- Modern
African Novels
Books by Ben Okri, Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie,
Buchi Emecheta, Ken Saro-Wiwa, Veronique Tadjo, Nega Mezlekia, Ama
Ata Aidoo, Tayeb Salih, and Bessie Head.
- Modern
American Novels 1
Books by Walter Mosley, Alice Walker, James Baldwin, Omar
Tyree, Toni Morrison, Terry McMillan, Chester Himes, Alex Haley,
E.Lynn Harris, and Gwynne Forster.
- Modern
American Novels 2
Books by Lalita Tademy
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British Novels 1
Books by Dotun Adebayo, Patrick Augustus, Malorie Blackman,
Mike Gayle, Andrea Levy, Zadie Smith, Alex Wheatle, Benjamin Zephaniah,
Joanna Traynor, and Joan Riley.
- Modern
British Novels 2
Books by Paul Crooks, Buchi Emecheta, Bernardine Evaristo,
Delia Jarrett Macauley, Courttia Newland, Diran Adebayo, Steve Pope,
Patricia Cumper, Yvonne Brewster, and Bonnie Greer.
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British Novels 3
Books by Mike Phillips, Maureen Roberts, Diran Adebayo,
Caryl Phillips, Patrick Augustus, and David E. Talbert.
- Modern
Caribbean Novels 1
Books by John Wickham, Fred D'Aguiar, Edwidge Danticat,
Jamaica Kincaid, Caryl Phillips, E.A. Markham, Marcia Douglas, Kwame
Dawes, Maeve Clarke, and Patrick Chamoiseau.
- Modern
Caribbean Novels 2
Books by Andrew Salkey
- Poetry
Includes work by Benjamin Zephaniah, Linton Kwesi Johnson & Lemn Sesay
- Black
Literature (Theory)
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Bernardine Evaristo: is the author of the novel-in-verse LARA which traces the roots of a mixed-race Nigerian/English family over 150 years and 7 generations. Originally published in 1997 it will be republished by Bloodaxe Books, with additions, early 2009.
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- Maya
Angelou
"Maya Angelou (born Marguerite Annie Johnson, April 4, 1928 St. Louis, MO)
is considered one of the most eminent authors and poets, and has long been one
of the strongest voices for civil rights activism in America. She is best known
for her autobiographical writings, such as I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)
and All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986). Her volume of poetry, Just
Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Die (1971) was nominated for the Pulitzer
Prize, and she has published numerous other collections of verse." (Source)
- Joan
Anim-Addo
- James
Baldwin
"American writer, noted for his novels on sexual and personal identity,
and sharp essays on civil-rights struggle in the United States. Baldwin also
wrote three plays, a children's storybook, and a book of short stories. He gained
fame with his first novel, GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN (1953), a story of hidden
sins, guilt, and religious torments. In this and subsequent works Baldwin fused
autobiographical material with analysis of social injustice and prejudices." (Source)
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Michael Eric Dyson
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- Alex Wheatle is one of the UK's most exciting writers. Raised in Brixton of Jamaican parentage, his career took off with the arrival of his first novel "Brixton Rock". His second publication, "East of Acre Lane", received widespread critical acclaim and won the Arts Board's New London Writer's Award. shop for books
- Frantz
Fanon
"Frantz Fanon (1925-1961) was perhaps the preeminent thinker of the
20th century on the issue of decolonization and the psychopathology of colonization.
His works have inspired anti-colonial liberation movements throughout the world
for the past forty-two years." shop (Link
to biog)
- Donald
Goines
"American writer, a career criminal and addict who wrote his first two novels
in prison. Goines's books have inspired a number of lyricists from Tupac Shakur
to Noreaga. They have sold over 5 million copies - according to rumors the figure
has reached 10 million. His series about Kenyatta (under the name Al C. Clark)
describes a black revolutionary, who campaigns against exploitation and evils
of inner city life..." shop (Source)
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Lynn Harris - shop (See offical
website)
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CLR James
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Toni Morrison
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You can search for any DVD using our shop.
The categories below are our recommendations which will grow as we get
time.
- Black
British
- Films starring Carl Bradshaw
"Bradshaw’s role as Jose alongside Jimmy Cliff in
The Harder They Come has earned him a permanent spot
in the
annals of
film history. Since then, Carl Bradshaw has developed into a talented
award-winning actor and director.
A former Olympic quarter mile runner for Jamaica, Bradshaw has gone
on to star in numerous films including Smile Orange,
Countryman, Dance Hall Queen, Mighty Quinn (with Denzel Washington),
Club Paradise (with Robin Williams and Jimmy Cliff), and many others."
- Films
starring Denzel Washington
- Films
starring Eddie Murphy
- DVD:
Rosa Parks Story (REGION 1) (NTSC) starring
Angela Bassett (2003)
- Films
starring Samuel L Jackson (Official Samuel L Jackson website)
- Sidney
Poitier - as actor or director
- Spike
Lee
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