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God's Bits of Wood by Ousmane Sembène

God's Bits of Wood

Ousmane Sembène

252 pages • paperback • 1960

5.0axmed's review
fiction historical challenging reflective slow-paced
In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love: Precarity, Power, Communities by Joy James

In Pursuit of Revolutionary Love: Precarity, Power, Communities

Joy James

364 pages • paperback • 2022

5.0axmed's review
nonfiction politics race informative reflective medium-paced
A Soldier's Story: Revolutionary Writings by a New Afrikan Anarchist by Kuwasi Balagoon

A Soldier's Story: Revolutionary Writings by a New Afrikan Anarchist

Kuwasi Balagoon

288 pages • paperback • 2001

5.0axmed's review
nonfiction inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
Blanche on the Lam by Barbara Neely

Blanche on the Lam

Blanche White #1

Barbara Neely

7 hours, 45 minutes • audio • 1992

5.0axmed's review
fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Vagabonds! by Eloghosa Osunde

Vagabonds!

Eloghosa Osunde

304 pages • hardcover • 2022

5.0axmed's review
fiction lgbtqia+ literary magical realism challenging dark emotional medium-paced
The Sex Lives of African Women by Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

The Sex Lives of African Women

Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah

292 pages • hardcover • 2021

5.0axmed's review
nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ sociology emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies

Deesha Philyaw

179 pages • paperback • 2020

5.0axmed's review
fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary short stories emotional reflective medium-paced
In the Upper Country by Kai Thomas

In the Upper Country

Kai Thomas

352 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0axmed's review
fiction historical literary emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Call and Response by Gothataone Moeng

Call and Response

Gothataone Moeng

289 pages • hardcover • 2023

5.0axmed's review
fiction literary short stories emotional reflective sad slow-paced
New Bones Abolition: Captive Maternal Agency and the Afterlife of Erica Garner by Joy James

New Bones Abolition: Captive Maternal Agency and the Afterlife of Erica Garner

Joy James

256 pages • paperback • 2023

5.0axmed's review
nonfiction feminism history politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced