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Inventing the new Negro Inventing the new Negro Daphne Mary Lamothe "It is no coincidence, Daphne Lamothe writes, that so many black writers and intellectuals of the first half of the twentieth century either trained formally as ethnographers or worked as amateur col… OL11869518W
Crossing the continent, 1527-1540 Crossing the continent, 1527-1540 Robert Goodwin The true story of America's first great explorer and adventurer—an African slave named Esteban DorantesCrossing the Continent takes us on an epic journey from Africa to Europe and America as Dr. Robe… OL12037108W
Seven spools of thread Seven spools of thread Angela Shelf Medearis When they are given the seemingly impossible task of turning thread into gold, the seven Ashanti brothers put aside their differences, learn to get along, and embody the principles of Kwanzaa. Includ… OL15680337W
Afro-American folktales Afro-American folktales Roger D. Abrahams The 107 tales demonstrate the ways an uprooted people have drawn from the traditions of their past to fashion a life in the New World. OL15860339W
This Is What We Found This Is What We Found Ralph and Carl Creger How a white father and son in Little Rock came to champion equal rights and opportunities for Negroes. OL17342264W
Comunidades negras en el pacífico colombiano Comunidades negras en el pacífico colombiano Odile Hoffmann 310 pages : 21 cm OL17719590W
More harm than good More harm than good Susan C. Boyd In an era when the "war on drugs" has resulted in increasingly militarized responses from police, harsh prison sentences and overcrowded prisons, a re-examination of drug policy is sorely needed. Are… OL19083290W
Becoming Human Becoming Human Zakiyyah Iman Jackson Rewriting the pernicious, enduring relationship between blackness and animality in the history of Western science and philosophy, Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World breaks open … OL20776260W
Inkvoël Inkvoël Maretha Maartens A book about two families living in one house. OL2084907W
Go Tell It on the Mountain Go Tell It on the Mountain James Baldwin In one of the greatest American classics, Baldwin chronicles a fourteen-year-old boy's discovery of the terms of his identity. Baldwin's rendering of his protagonist's spiritual, sexual, and moral st… OL228705W
The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm Nancy Farmer From the Publisher: The year is 2194, and Tendai, his brother, and his sister-the children of Zimbabwei's chief of security-have escaped from their father's estate to explore the dangerous city of Ha… OL2696046W
The Sexual Demon of Colonial Power The Sexual Demon of Colonial Power Greg Thomas The Sexual Demon of Colonial Power is a political, cultural, and intellectual study of race, sex, and Western empire. Greg Thomas interrogates a system that represents race, gender, sexuality, and cl… OL3362766W
Cultura afrocubana Cultura afrocubana Jorge Castellanos "Fourth and final volume of a monumental work on the influence of blacks on Cuba's culture. Centers on Cuban literature, arts, and music, and includes chapters on the presence of black culture and so… OL3538325W
Edith Jackson Edith Jackson Rosa Guy At seventeen, Edith's only wish is to get a job and make a home for her three younger sisters, and when social services finally separates them, she must make a decision that will change the course of… OL3748582W
In the company of diamonds In the company of diamonds Peter Carstens "After the 1925 discovery of diamonds in the semidesert of the northwest coast of South Africa, De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. virtually proclaimed its dominion over the whole region. In the town o… OL3849125W
Light, bright, and damned near white Light, bright, and damned near white Stephanie Rose Bird The election of America's first biracial president brings the question dramatically to the fore. What does it mean to be biracial or tri-racial in the United States today? Anthropologist Stephanie Bi… OL5853401W
Culture is our weapon Culture is our weapon Patrick Neate An inspiring mission to rescue young people from drugs and violence with music At a time when interest in Brazilian culture has reached an all-time high, and the stories of one person's ability to im… OL5955612W
Ambivalent desire Ambivalent desire Brett A. Berliner "The 1920s have long been known as an era of negrophilism in France, a time when everything associated with blacks and black culture became fashionable. The exotic appeal of the negre manifested itse… OL6209297W
The boy who walked into the world The boy who walked into the world Robin Malan Serves as programme for the first performance at the Actors' Centre, Johannesburg Civic Theatre, Braamfontein, on 25 November 2005, and as complete text of the play. OL7033241W
London crossings London crossings Phillips, Mike 215 p. ; 24 cm OL712005W
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