Throughout her life, Elaine Welteroth has climbed the ranks of media and fashion, shattering ceilings along the way. In this riveting and timely memoir, the groundbreaking journalist unpacks lessons on race, identity, and success through her own journey, from navigating her way as the unstoppable child of a unlikely interracial marriage in small-town California to […]
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Ibi Aanu Zoboi was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and is a graduate of the Clarion West Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop. Her short story, “Old Flesh Song”, is published in the award-winning Dark Matter: Reading the Bones, a collection of African American speculative fiction. Ibi received an award from theWomen Writers of Haitian Descent for her short […]
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Here is the book so many have been waiting for. The book to make sense of so many others. New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent follows the original tome, New Daughters of Africa, published 25 years ago to global acclaim. It was deemed a vital document then, and it takes […]
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This gorgeous book of images reveals an intimate glimpse of Black Joy and how we resist. Through Waheed’s unique lens the viewer experiences Black Joy and Resistance during Dance Africa at Brooklyn Academy of Music, Carnival in Salvador Bahia, Afro Punk in Brooklyn, in South Africa – The Fees Must Fall Student Protest in Johannesburg, […]
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How could I not share this magnificent information? Liza Jessie Peterson raises the bar with her new book. Watching her stay true to the kids she uplifts and educates is mindblowing. Her tenacity to stay the course is unparalleled. This book is a must-read. Release date is April 18th, 2017, however, you can pre-order your copy […]
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