THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A fascinating exploration into the lives of three women ignored by history ... Eye-opening, engrossing'Brit Bennett, bestselling author of The Vanishing Half In her groundbreaking debut, Anna Malaika Tubbs tells the incredible storIES of three women who raised three world-changing men. Much has been written about Berdis Baldwin's son James, about Alberta King's son Martin Luther and Louise Little's son Malcolm. But virtually nothing has been said about the extraordinary women who raised them, each fighting their own battles, born into the beginning of the twentieth century and a deadly landscape of racial prejudice, Jim Crow, exploitation, unpoliced violence and open police vitriol. It was a society that would deny their sons' humanity from the beginning as it had denied theirs, but Berdis, Alberta and Louise were extraordinary women who instilled resilience, resistance and greatness in their sons. They would become mothers not just to three world-famous men but to the civil rights movement itself. These women represent a piece of history left untold and a celebration of Black motherhood long overdue. Source: Publisher

ISBN-13: 9780008405359

ISBN-10: 0008405352

Language: English

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Year: 2021

Pages: 261

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ISBN-13: 9781250031327

ISBN-10: None

Language: English

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Year: 2010

Pages: None

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ISBN-13: None

ISBN-10: None

Language: English

Publisher: ABANTU for development

Year: 2004

Pages: None

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French African prose can be given a beginning with the publication in 1921 of the novel Batouala . . . its sensitive portrayal of African life, with its evocation of the natural environment, could not but make a profound impression upon its African readers and offered a vivid example of what an African novel in French could be. -Abiola Irele Source: Publisher Batouala is a 1921 novel by French writer René Maran, which follows an African chieftain named Batouala over a few days of his life. The novel won the Prix Goncourt, one of France's highest literary awards, making Maran the first black author to win that honor. Wikipedia

ISBN-13: 9780435901356

ISBN-10: None

Language: English

Publisher: Heinemann

Year: 1973

Pages: 149

Cataloged: Dec. 24, 2024, 3:09 p.m.

Set in the southern Persian town of Shiraz in the last years of World War II with the British army in occupation, the novel chronicles the life of Zari, a traditional, anxious, and superstitious woman whose husband, Yusef is an idealistic feudal landlord. A web of political intrigue and hostility is created. In the background, tribal leaders are in open rebellion against the government and British occupation. In the midst of this turbulence Zari carries on normal life within the beautiful courtyard of her house, attempting to keep the family safe from external events. The corruption engendered by occupation is pervasive as Zari's family life is shattered and disaster strikes. An immensely moving story, the novel is a powerful indictment of colonization." Source: Publisher Savušun is a 1969 Persian novel by Iranian writer Simin Daneshvar. It is the first novel in Persian written by a female author. The story is about the life of a landowning family in Shiraz faced to the occupation of Iran during World War II. Savušun has sold over five hundred thousand copies in Iran. Wikipedia

ISBN-13: 9781870015783

ISBN-10: 1870015789

Language: English

Publisher: Halban Publishers

Year: 2002

Pages: 279

Cataloged: Dec. 9, 2024, 2:07 p.m.

Literally written as a long letter, as the novel begins, Ramatoulaye Fall is beginning a letter to her lifelong friend Aissatou Bâ. The occasion for writing is Ramatoulaye's recent widowhood. As she gives her friend the details of her husband's death, she recounts the major events in their lives. Source: Publisher So Long a Letter is a semi-autobiographical epistolary novel originally written in French by the Senegalese writer Mariama Bâ. It was her first novel. Its theme is the condition of women in Western African society. As the novel begins, Ramatoulaye Fall is beginning a letter to her lifelong friend Aissatou Bâ. Wikipedia

ISBN-13: 9780435902483

ISBN-10: 0435902482

Language: English

Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books

Year: 1981

Pages: 90

Cataloged: Dec. 9, 2024, 2:06 p.m.

"His pictures of Harlem life are as fresh today as they were when they were first set down . . . " —Long Beach Press-Telegraph Source: Publisher

ISBN-13: 9780253201218

ISBN-10: 0253201217

Language: English

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Year: 1963

Pages: 258

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ISBN-13: None

ISBN-10: None

Language: English

Publisher: Tanzania Publishing House

Year: 1974

Pages: 127

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"Obi Okonkwo is an Ibo from Eastern Nigeria, a promising representative of his generation, the bright boy of his village who returns from his studies in England to try to live up to the expectations of his family and his tribe and at the same time to breathe the heady atmosphere of Lagos, a city whose tempo and temptations are fast increasing. As a Civil Servant Obi holds a respected job; as the fiancé of Clara, the girl he met on the boat, he has much to look forward to; yet nevertheless Obi falls, a victim of the corruption of the capital."--Book jacket. Source: Publisher No Longer at Ease is a 1960 novel by Chinua Achebe. It is the story of an Igbo man, Obi Okonkwo, who leaves his village for an education in Britain and then a job in the Colonial Nigeria civil service, but is conflicted between his African culture and Western lifestyle and ends up taking a bribe. Wikipedia

ISBN-13: 9780839210771

ISBN-10: 0839210779

Language: English

Publisher: Astor-Honor Incorporated

Year: 1960

Pages: 170

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