Cultural Literature

Mary Prince was the first black woman to publish an account of her life in Britain-an account so brutal that few believed it. The History of Mary Prince (1831) describes Prince's sufferings as a slave in the Caribbean Islands, and her eventual arrival in...

How do we determine what is beautiful? Whose standards are we trying to meet when we spend our hard-earned money on our haircare, skincare and makeup; where do they come from, and how can we learn to undo them? Upon getting her first tattoo at 40 years...

"For an American soccer kid growing up in the '80s, Pel? transcended the game. From the moment I first saw him standing next to Sylvester Stallone and Michael Caine in Victory, there was only one star for me on that screen. Pel?'s exciting memoir revives...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE A major new history of Britain that transforms our understanding of this country's past'I've waited so long so read a comprehensively researched book about Black history on this island. This is it: a journey of...

This stunning collection of images celebrates the remarkable career of Burnis Mac McCloud, Denver's premiere Black photographer between 1950 and 1980. His remarkable photographs, focused on Denver's Five Points community, captured the ordinary lives of...

Fr. James Tab Charoa is the Dean of Studies of Theologicum at St. Paul's Major Seminary both Philosophicum and Theologicum Juba-South Sudan. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Khartoum in 2003. He has pastoral experience in the Archdiocese...

A raw and poignant memoir of a daughter's journey from a difficult upbringing in rural Alabama to a fulfilling life as a wife and mother with a successful career far beyond the limitations of her upbringing, Mildred J Mills describes unimaginable highs...

IN THIS UNFORGETTABLE MEMOIR, author Granville Johnson recounts his roller-coaster life growing up in Chicago's Westside ghetto in the 1950s and '60s. Anchored by his mother's love and his own ambition and self-assurance, Granville contends with constant...

IN THIS UNFORGETTABLE MEMOIR, author Granville Johnson recounts his roller-coaster life growing up in Chicago's Westside ghetto in the 1950s and '60s. Anchored by his mother's love and his own ambition and self-assurance, Granville contends with constant...

This edited collection reviews the relationship and clashes between the military and the media in post-colonial Nigeria. The first section addresses the historical context and praxis of the military-media relationship in Nigeria. The chapters explore the...

We're over 20 years deep into this Grime thing. A lot has happened. It went from a fresh new sound in London to a culture that people around the world wanted a slice of. Crews popped up all over the country in the 2000s. Now there's Grime MCs in...

Learning to Respect My Strut is a commentary on the obstacles women face and the untruths they've been functioning under for a long time. By using her own personal stories against the backdrop of the historical women warriors of long ago eras, author...