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Longthroat Memoirs: Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds by Yemisi Aribisala

Longthroat Memoirs: Soups, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds

Yemisi Aribisala

357 pages • paperback • 2016

nonfiction memoir informative reflective slow-paced
River Spirit by Leila Aboulela

River Spirit

Leila Aboulela

320 pages • hardcover • 2023

fiction historical literary adventurous emotional informative medium-paced
Our Liege Lady Fatimah the Resplendent by Al-Habib Muhammad ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman as-Saqqaf al-Husayni
Our Liege Lady Fatimah the Resplendent
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Al-Habib Muhammad ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman as-Saqqaf al-Husayni

Our Liege Lady Fatimah the Resplendent

Al-Habib Muhammad ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman as-Saqqaf al-Husayni

72 pages • digital

New Daughters of Africa by Margaret Busby

New Daughters of Africa

Margaret Busby

805 pages • paperback • 2019

essays memoir poetry short stories challenging informative reflective medium-paced
"Believing Women" in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an by Asma Barlas

"Believing Women" in Islam: Unreading Patriarchal Interpretations of the Qur'an

Asma Barlas

272 pages • paperback • 2002

nonfiction feminism religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

797 pages • hardcover • 2021

fiction historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows by John Koenig

The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

John Koenig

272 pages • hardcover • 2021

nonfiction essays reference emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
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