Jubilee (1966) is a historical novel written by Margaret Walker, which focuses on the story of a biracial enslaved woman during the American Civil War. It...
“Dr. Kwame Nkrumah begins Africa Must Unite with the words freedom, hedsole, sawaha, uhuru: the slogans of what he calls “the greatest political phenomenon of the latter...
David Walker’s Appeal is an uncompromising African-centered discourse that attacks whyte injustice and advocates Black self-reliance. Its publication in 1830 intensified the debate and struggle...
A fascinating fusion of two literary models of the nineteenth century, the sentimental novel and the historical (slave) narrative, Our Nig, apart from its historical...
Before the Mayflower by Lerone Bennett Jr. traces black history from its origins in western Africa, through the transatlantic journey that ended in slavery, the...