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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 21 books in this booklist
£10.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529114867 | ISBN 10: 1529114861
'A beautiful book about nature... I recommend it' Afua Hirsch A beautiful work of nature-writing, memoir and storytelling that will change the way we think about the natural world. Unearthed is the story of how, after years of a troubled rel ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781409189282 | ISBN 10: 1409189287
Remember that moment when you first encountered a character who seemed to be written just for you? That feeling of belonging remains with readers the rest of their lives – but not everyone regularly sees themselves reflected on the pages of a book. ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781398504455 | ISBN 10: 1398504459
'An astonishingly rich story... wonderfully informative' The Times 'Rappaport does a terrific job of bringing respectful rigour to her account of Seacole's extraordinary life' Daily Mail In Search of Mary Seacole is a superb and revealing bio ... more
View book details£10.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780241994573 | ISBN 10: 0241994578
A powerful and commanding account of the life of trailblazing political activist Angela Davis. Edited by Toni Morrison and first published in 1974, An Autobiography is a classic of the Black Liberation era which resonates just as powerfully toda ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781837820375 | ISBN 10: 1837820376
Reclaim ownership of your health, rewrite the narrative surrounding body image and restore your right to healing, safety and self-love. For too long Black women have been left out of discussions about body image, food, health and wellness. B ... more
View book details£22.00 hardback (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781472286000 | ISBN 10: 1472286006
Join the wellness revolution by Black women, for Black women. Take Care prioritises Black women and their experiences and encourages them to take care of themselves in order to bring their best self into the world. A space for Black women ... more
View book details£7.99 hardback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781784884963 | ISBN 10: 1784884960
Maya Angelou's Guide to Hope is an illustrated guide to how we can all spread a little more hope. Including 50 simple acts, from giving words of encouragement to extending a helping hand or spending time with someone, and accompanying illust ... more
View book details£22.99 hardback (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781496738370 | ISBN 10: 1496738373
You’ve read White Fragility and How to Be an Antiracist, but what comes next? The answer lies in this clear, actionable guide providing a vital 4-week program for becoming an ally who makes a real difference in the racial justice fight. Get the too ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9780349014852 | ISBN 10: 034901485x
This book is my story about growing up in a Black girl's body. It's about surviving in a world not made for me. Austin Channing Brown's first encounter with a racialized America came at age seven, when she discovered her parents named her A ... more
View book details£13.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781523092291 | ISBN 10: 1523092297
"Dear Black Girl is the empowering, affirming love letter our girls need in order to thrive in a world that does not always protect, nurture, or celebrate us. This collection of Black women's voices… is a must-read, not only for Black girls, but fo ... more
View book details£9.99 paperback (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781913348229 | ISBN 10: 1913348229
"This remarkable meditation on beautiful, human bodies formed by the violence of slavery and by colonial shame resists categorisation, even as it shows up the ways in which categories of race and identity are no more than empty methods of social cont ... more
View book details£16.99 hardback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780008371975 | ISBN 10: 0008371970
Featuring contributions from Candice Carty-Williams, Jessica Horn, Ebele Okobi, Funmi Fetto and Freddie Harrel. In the vein of Roxane Gay's Bad Feminist, but wholly its own, Girl is a provocative, heartbreaking and frequently hilarious collection o ... more
View book details£12.99 hardback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781784883447 | ISBN 10: 1784883441
Stephanie Yeboah has experienced racism and fat-phobia throughout her life. From being bullied at school to being objectified and humiliated in her dating life, Stephanie's response to discrimination has always been to change the narrative around bod ... more
View book details£8.99 paperback (2020) - ISBN 13: 9781529118544 | ISBN 10: 1529118549
As a minority in a predominantly white institution, taking up space is an act of resistance. Recent Cambridge grads Chelsea and Ore experienced this first-hand, and wrote Taking Up Space as a guide and a manifesto for change. FOR BLACK GIRLS ... more
View book details£17.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781788163231 | ISBN 10: 1788163230
At the dawn of the twentieth century, black women in the US were carving out new ways of living. The first generations born after emancipation, their struggle was to live as if they really were free. Their defeats were bitter, but their triumphs beca ... more
View book details£14.99 paperback (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781912565146 | ISBN 10: 1912565145
A FLY Girl’s Guide to University is a collection of memoirs, essays, poetry and prose from four women of colour who studied at the University of Cambridge. It is a multifaceted calling out of the wrongness underpinning their shared experience at Ca ... more
View book details£12.99 paperback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781911115595 | ISBN 10: 1911115596
“We decided to put together this collection of thirty narratives to correct the invisibility, the confusion, the caricaturising and the writing out of history.” This stirring and intimate collection brings together 30 unique narratives t ... more
View book details£12.99 hardback (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781925418804 | ISBN 10: 1925418804
Singer, songwriter, supermodel, record producer, actress and iconoclast, Grace Jones is truly one of a kind, equal parts intriguing, intimidating and indefatigable. From her early days as a model working with Yves St. Laurent and Kenzo, her ... more
View book details£16.50 paperback (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781613745045 | ISBN 10: 1613745044
The Strong Black Woman has been a part of mainstream culture for centuries, as a myth, a goddess, a positive role model, a stereotype, and as a burden. In Fierce Angels, Sheri Parks explores the concept of the Strong Black Woman, its influence on p ... more
View book details£16.99 paperback (2010) - ISBN 13: 9780956240163 | ISBN 10: 095624016x
Claudia Jones was a smart, politically-wise, brilliant, transnational feminist, Pan Africanist theorist and cultural activist who brought together in her speeches and writings the politics that is now seen as a necessary way of intersecting a variet ... more
View book details£25.99 paperback (2008) - ISBN 13: 9780822341161 | ISBN 10: 0822341166
In Left of Karl Marx, Carole Boyce Davies assesses the activism, writing, and legacy of Claudia Jones (19151964), a pioneering Afro-Caribbean radical intellectual, dedicated communist, and feminist. Jones is buried in Londons Highgate Cemetery, to ... more
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