Discover the enchanting tales of the Kwasuka Sukela series, where timeless stories of love and bravery unfold in the heart of vibrant African kingdoms.In a Zulu kingdom, a wise king's daughter, Nolwazi, dreams of building the first flying machine. In the...

Discover the enchanting tales of the Kwasuka Sukela series, where timeless stories of love and bravery unfold in the heart of vibrant African kingdoms.Prince Siyabulela's passion for fashion clashes with his father's warrior expectations. Transformed...

In Black Passport, Paul Akpomuje takes us through a journey of black African migration in Canada, tracing the complexities of identity, the possibilities of fugitivity, the weight of home, and the ways borders, paperwork, and diasporic placemaking shape...

NOW A NETFLIX SERIESTwo's company...five is definitely a crowd!The Polygamist lures you into the web of the intertwined lives of four women drawn to one man. Meet Jonasi Gomora, a seemingly indomitable wealthy banking magnate oozing with money, power,...

In this comprehensive and culturally nuanced study, Dr. Techika Rhodes addresses the silent crisis of exhaustion facing female missionaries and evangelists within the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). By intersecting theology, African American history,...

"The challenges of identity, assimilation, achievement, and politics that were faced by Lahoma and Cindy are the same challenges our youth are facing today." -Jaki Shelton Green, poet and NC Literary Hall of Fame inductee The school careers of two...

A heartbreaking yet hopeful novel about one girl's journey through grief and the family, first love, and shocking truths she finds on the other side--perfect for fans of Jandy Nelson and Every Last Word. All her life, it's just been sixteen-year-old...

A tender picture book about a young African girl whose light dims after her mother's death, until her grandmother's love and song gently guide her back toward hope and healing. When the brightest light fades, can a grandmother's song help one little girl...

Xirsi, the sharpest mind among the Intasimi Warriors, has always excelled at solving puzzles that stump others. With the emergence of an ancient prophecy, his abilities are put to the ultimate test. Xirsi embarks on a perilous journey to not only save...

The Second Emancipation, the second work in a trilogy from best-selling author Howard W. French about Africa's pivotal role in shaping world history, underscores Adam Hochschild's contention that French is a "modern-day Copernicus." The title--referring...

From the PEN/Faulkner finalist and National Book Award longlisted author of Welcome to Braggsville, comes this audacious and darkly funny literary crime masterpiece centered on a Black cop in an Atlanta precinct, whose fa?ade of white alliance begins to...

From the author of the multi-award-winning, National Book Award-longlisted, "vivid, fast, funny, way-smart, and verbally inventive" (George Saunders) story collection Heads of the Colored People, comes a sly, spry, literary debut novel about the murder...