An exploration of contemporary African masquerade that reveals its cultural contexts, artistic innovations, and intersection with museum collection practices By placing masquerade at the forefront of contemporary African art, this volume shows how...

James Beard Award-winning chef Nina Compton shares recipes that tell the story of her thrilling culinary journey from St. Lucia to Jamaica, Miami, and New Orleans, and celebrate the diverse African heritage that threads these cuisines together. Growing...

This modern day classic gives young people the opportunity to question what they like to do that makes them feel free. In a time where the world is reshaping itself after the Covid-19 Pandemic kids are exploring things that help them be the best version...

One of Africa's deadliest domestic conflicts, the Liberian Civil War, lasted fourteen years, killing more than 250,000 Liberians and displacing more than 800,000 others. This book explores that devastating war and the political and social issues in...

Poetry collection by Keisha-Gaye Anderson. Anderson is a Jamaican-born poet, author, and visual artist based in Brooklyn.

Aim? C?saire is arguably the greatest Caribbean literary writer in history. Best known for his incendiary epic poem Notebook of a Return to My Native Land, C?saire reinvented black culture by conceiving 'n?gritude' as a dynamic and continuous process of...

The silence of a spiritual community is shattered by the murder of one of their own.Jordan and Rahman Gaffney-Bruce, newly married men, move into the eccentric Washington neighborhood known as Slope to start building a life together. Built precariously...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the National Book Award finalist and author of Pet comes a novel set in a magical West African world, about a teen girl who must save her missing twin while learning to navigate her own terrifying new powers. ONE OF THE BEST...

What is it like growing up Black and gay in the inner city?Author David B. Green Jr critically reflects on this question, and his journey through life to discover joy and meaning, in this affirming memoir. Inner City Sissy is both a Dear Young Me letter...

Our nation's transportation system is crumbling: highways are collapsing, roads are pockmarked, and commuter trains are unreliable. But as acclaimed scholar and ACLU president Deborah Archer warns in Dividing Lines, before we can think about rebuilding...

Political scientist and former law professor Carol Swain warned in 2023 that the Supreme Court's decision that year to end race-based college admissions spelled doom for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs and affirmative action in the...

'In Caribe, Sakarah has lovingly created a book to cook from, to learn from, and to savour.' -DR JESSICA B. HARRIS, historian and author of High on the Hog (now a Netflix docuseries) 'A rich and traversal tapestry of food, culture, a people, and their...