Cultural Literature

With clear, conversational prose, this is the first book dedicated entirely to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's writings on translation. Through his many critically acclaimed novels, stories, essays, plays, and memoirs, Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa...

The first comprehensive collection of Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's nonfiction, spanning lectures and texts on colonialism, labor and political struggles, and the legacies of slavery. For more than sixty years, Ngũgĩwa Thiong'o...

If Americans today still recognize the name Mahalia Jackson, they might recall that she was perhaps the greatest gospel singer who ever lived. But for many people, there is no awareness at all, not even for an entertainer whose "Move On Up a Little...

For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers--including his own ancestors--who enlisted in the...

In Edgelands, Somali-Canadian writer Mohamed Abdulkarim Ali, author of Angry Queer Somali Boy, explores what it means to live life on the margins, in the city and beyond, and offers a unique perspective on the way we live now. Somali, Muslim, gay, and...

For decades, France has exerted a neocolonial grip on its former African empire, known as the Fran?afrique. Yet a series of electoral breakthroughs and military coups by opponents of this order have put its future into question. Covering a broad sweep...

INSPIRING STORIES OF BLACK FEMINIST ICONSReady to explore Black feminism and its trailblazing heroes? Want to uncover the stories of women who fought for justice and equality?Fascinating Biographies of Black Feminist Heroes takes you on a powerful...

Mathews Phosa's compelling story of political activism, leadership, and power shifts in South Africa.Mathews Phosa has been an eyewitness to the dramatic shifts of political power in South Africa. He was involved in the Black Consciousness Movement, the...

An exploration of contemporary African masquerade that reveals its cultural contexts, artistic innovations, and intersection with museum collection practices By placing masquerade at the forefront of contemporary African art, this volume shows how...

One of Africa's deadliest domestic conflicts, the Liberian Civil War, lasted fourteen years, killing more than 250,000 Liberians and displacing more than 800,000 others. This book explores that devastating war and the political and social issues in...

Aim? C?saire is arguably the greatest Caribbean literary writer in history. Best known for his incendiary epic poem Notebook of a Return to My Native Land, C?saire reinvented black culture by conceiving 'n?gritude' as a dynamic and continuous process of...