Ethnic Orientation/African
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Black Artists Shaping the World
$19.95 Read moreWritten by award-winning Black children’s author Sharna Jackson, this engaging book introduces young readers to twenty-six contemporary artists from Africa and of the African diaspora, working in ever
- Author: Jackson, Sharna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: November 23 2021
- ISBN10: 0500652597
- Language: English
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The Day Gogo Went to Vote
$8.99 Add to cartIllustrated in rich pastels, this child’s-eye view of an important milestone in South African history allows young readers to experience every detail of this eventful day.
- Author: Sisulu, Elinor Batezat
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 01 1999
- ISBN10: 0316702714
- Language: English
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Kaffir Boy: The True Story of a Black Youths Coming of Age in Apartheid South Africa
$19.99 Add to cartThe classic story of life in Apartheid South Africa.
Mark Mathabane was weaned on devastating poverty and schooled in the cruel streets of South Africa’s most desperate ghetto, where bloody gang wars- Author: Mathabane, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 07 1998
- ISBN10: 0684848287
- Language: English
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The 5th Little Girl: Soul Survivor of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing (the Sarah Collins Rudolph Story) by Tracy Snipe (with Sarah Collins Rudo
$29.95 Read more- Author: Tracy Snipe (with Sarah Collins Rudolph)
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 0
- Publish Date: November 24 2021
- ISBN10: 156902541X
- Language: English
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Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
$35.00 Add to cartTraditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European history. Some credit the fifteenth-century Age of Discovery and the maritime connection it established betw
- Author: French, Howard W.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: October 12 2021
- ISBN10: 1631495828
- Language: English
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God, Dr. Buzzard, and the Bolito Man: A Saltwater Geechee Talks about Life on Sapelo Island
$19.00 Add to cartEqual parts cultural history and memoir, God, Dr. Buzzard, and the Bolito Man recounts a traditional way of life–that of the Geechee Indians of Sapelo Island– that is threatened by change, with stor… [more below]
- Author: Bailey, Cornelia Walker
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: July 17 2001
- ISBN10: 0385493770
- Language: English
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The Translator
$17.00 Add to cartAmerican readers were introduced to the award-winning Sudanese author Leila Aboulela with Minaret, a delicate tale of a privileged young African Muslim woman adjusting to her new life as a maid in Lon
- Author: Aboulela, Leila
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 14, 2006
- ISBN10: 0802170269
- Language: English
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Lion Lights: My Invention That Made Peace with Lions
$18.95 Add to cartRichard Turere’s own story: Richard grew up in Kenya as a Maasai boy, herding his family’s cattle, which represented their wealth and livelihood. Richard’s challenge was to protect their cattle from t… [more below]
- Author: Turere, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: August 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0884488853
- Language: English
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Signs & Skymates: The Ultimate Guide to Astrological Compatibility
$30.00 Read moreSigns & Skymates is your ultimate guide to astrological compatibility–from romance to self-love–from star astrologer and founder of @ScorpioMystique and KnowTheZodiac Dossé-Via Trenou.
Get to know- Author: Trenou, Dossé-Via
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: December 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 0762478012
- Language: English
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Journey to Jo’burg: A South African Story
$9.99 Add to cart“Has no equal. Evocative and haunting.” (School Library Journal starred review)
The bestselling classic set in South Africa during the apartheid era, in which two siblings must face the dangers of thei
- Author: Naidoo, Beverley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: December 30 2019
- ISBN10: 0062881795
- Language: English
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Dear Black Child
$18.99 Add to cartIn the spirit of I Am Enough, this is a moving and lyrical tribute to and affirmation of Black children around the world–by an exciting new author and illustrator team.
Dear Black Child,
We are here t
- Author: Rodaah, Rahma
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: September 27, 2022
- ISBN10: 0063091976
- Language: English
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Textures: The History and Art of Black Hair
$39.95 Add to cartTextures synthesizes research in history, fashion, art, and visual culture to reassess the “hair story” of peoples of African descent. Long a fraught topic for African Americans and others in the dias… [more below]
- Author: Ellington, Tameka
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: October 22 2020
- ISBN10: 3777435546
- Language: English
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Where the Black Flowers Bloom
$18.99 Add to cartA gripping, richly imagined African-inspired fantasy in which a Black girl finds her power and saves her people from evil, by the Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Award-winning author of Bla
- Author: Smith, Ronald L.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 31, 2023
- ISBN10: 1328841626
- Language: English
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Star Stories: Constellation Tales from Around the World
$19.99 Add to cartShare the wonder of the stars with this delightful storybook collection featuring constellation myths from around the world.
For thousands of years people have looked up to the night sky and told stor- Author: Ganeri, Anita
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: July 02 2019
- ISBN10: 0762495057
- Language: English
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World of Reading: Black Panther: : This Is Black Panther-Level 1: Level 1
$4.99 Add to cartThe This is line of World of Reading early readers is designed to offer reluctant readers books they will want to read by featuring the origin stories of characters they love.
Growing up, T’Challa was- Series: World of Reading
- Author: West, Alexandra C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 16, 2018
- ISBN10: 1368008534
- Language: English
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Sadiq and the Desert Star
$8.99 Add to cartWhen Sadiq’s father leaves on a business trip, he worries he’ll miss his baba too much. But Baba has a story for Sadiq: the story of the Desert Star. Learning about Baba’s passion for the stars sparks… [more below]
- Series: Sadiq
- Author: Nuurali, Siman
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: August 01 2019
- ISBN10: 1515845656
- Language: English
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Shuri: A Black Panther Novel #1
$8.99 Add to cartFrom New York Times bestselling author Nic Stone comes an all-new upper-middle-grade series based on one of the Marvel Universe’s break-out characters — Shuri, from Black Panther
An original, upper-m
- Author: Stone, Nic
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: December 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1338742302
- Language: English
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The Healing Wisdom of Africa: Finding Life Purpose Through Nature, Ritual, and Community
$19.00 Add to cartThrough The Healing Wisdom of Africa, readers can come to understand that the life of indigenous and traditional people is a paradigm for an intimate relationship with the natural world that both surr… [more below]
- Author: Some, Malidoma Patrice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 13 1999
- ISBN10: 087477991X
- Language: English
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Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
$21.99 Add to cartTraditional accounts of the making of the modern world afford a place of primacy to European history. Some credit the fifteenth-century Age of Discovery and the maritime connection it established betw
- Author: French, Howard W.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 1324092408
- Language: English
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Clock Striker, Volume 1: I’m Gonna Be a Smith!
$13.99 Add to cartClock Striker, now in graphic novel format, follows Shonen manga’s first Black female lead hero, Cast, in her quest to become a member of the SMITHS, the legendary warrior engineers.
*2024 YALSA Great- Series: Saturday Am Tanks / Clock Striker #1
- Author: Galadima, Issaka
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: 7-Feb-23
- ISBN10: 0760381577
- Language: English
