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A practical guide to traditional African approaches to healing with remedies and cultural history from one of the most respected authorities on the subject. The Healing Tree celebrates the forest: its powers, spirits, magic, medicine, and mysteries...

Prioritize your wellbeing with these 150 self-care exercises designed specifically to help Black women revitalize their outlook on life, improve their mental health, eliminate stress, and self-advocate.   Between micro- and macro-aggressions at...

An herbal guide to natural living with ancient techniques, rituals, and methods from around the world for use with each season's inherent energies to supplement the health and well-being of body, mind, and soul. The changing of the seasons can feel...

In this sequel to Cultivating Genius, Gholdy Muhammad adds a fifth pursuit--joy--to her groundbreaking framework. Dr. Muhammad shows how joy, which is rooted in the cultural and historical realities of Black students, can enhance our efforts to cultivate...

The ultimate skincare guide for Black women Dija Ayodele takes you through the lifetime of skin, sharing transformative essentials from how to work out your skintype to the dos and don'ts for your everyday routine. She explains the best ingredients for...

In this timely, much-needed book, theologian, social psychologist, and activist Christena Cleveland recounts her personal journey to dismantle the cultural "whitemalegod" and uncover the Sacred Black Feminine, introducing a Black Female God who imbues us...

A new memoir and collection of love poems by New York Times bestselling author and Newbery Medalist winner Kwame Alexander.   In a powerfully intimate and non-traditional (or "new-fashioned") memoir, Kwame Alexander shares snapshots of a man...

Lewis R. Gordon's Fear of Black Consciousness is a groundbreaking account of Black consciousness by a leading philosopher. Fear of Black Consciousness is an original and a bold intervention in the cultural and political conversation about systemic racism...

In the early period of Ancient Egyptian history, earlier than in any other culture, before the Hindus, Buddhists, Kabbalists and Taoists, there was a teaching of the TREE OF LIFE. This was a special teaching describing the secret wisdom about the nature...

Named one of Publishers Weekly's Top 10 Cooking & Food Books for Fall 2022   Knowledge Is Power   Part cookbook. Part manifesto. Created with big Bronx energy, Black Power Kitchen combines 75 mostly plant-based, layered-with-flavor...

In this classic Southern cookbook, the "first lady of Southern cooking" (NPR) shares the seasonal recipes from a childhood spent in a small farming community settled by freed slaves. She shows us how to recreate these timeless dishes in our own...

In the segregated US of the mid-twentieth century, African-American travelers could have a hard time finding towns where they were legally allowed to stay at night and hotels, restaurants, and service stations willing to serve them. In 1936, Victor Hugo...