An exploration of race from one of the twentieth century's primary chroniclers of the African American experience. Is who we are really only skin deep? In this searing, remonstrative book, Toni Morrison unravels race through the stories of those debased and dehumanised because of it. A young black girl longing for the blue eyes of white baby dolls spirals into inferiority and confusion. A friendship falls apart over a disputed memory. An ex-slave is haunted by a lonely, rebukeful ghost, bent on bringing their past home. Strange and unexpected, yet always stirring, Morrison's writing on race sinks us deep into the heart and mind of our troubled humanity. Includes selections from the books Song of Solomon, The Bluest Eye, Beloved by Toni Morrison 'She gave me permission to be unapologetically Black. She informed me of the power that resided in me. She validated me when the world questioned my humanity' Angie Thomas, author of The Hate U Give VINTAGE MINIS- GREAT MINDS. BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. A series of short books by the world's greatest writers on the experiences that make us human Also in the Vintage Minis series- Sisters by Louisa May Alcott Love by Jeanette Winterson Babies by Anne Enright Language by Xiaolu Guo Source: Publisher

ISBN-13: 9780689865541

ISBN-10: 1784872776

Language: English

Publisher: Vintage

Year: 1977

Pages: 131

Cataloged: Feb. 6, 2025, 5:03 p.m.

'Jennifer Makumbi is a genius storyteller.' Reni Eddo-Lodge An intoxicating mix of Ugandan folklore and modern feminism, from a multi-award-winning author As Kirabo enters her teens, questions begin to gnaw at her – questions which the adults in her life will do anything to ignore. Where is the mother she has never known? And why would she choose to leave her daughter behind? Inquisitive, headstrong, and unwilling to take no for an answer, Kirabo sets out to find the truth for herself. Her search will take her away from the safety of her prosperous Ugandan family, plunging her into a very different world of magic, tradition, and the haunting legend of 'The First Woman'. 'In Jennifer Makumbi, we have a giant of literature living among us.' Peter Kalu, Jhalak Prize Judge A SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER, DAILY MAIL, BBC CULTURE & IRISH INDEPENDENT BOOK OF THE YEAR Source: Publisher

ISBN-13: 9781786077899

ISBN-10: 1786077892

Language: English

Publisher: Oneworld Publications

Year: 2020

Pages: 400

Cataloged: Feb. 6, 2025, 5:02 p.m.

Lena Anyuolo is a writer and community organizer living in Kajiado, Kenya. Anyuolo has written for Ukombozi Review, Gemini Spice Magazine, Writers’ Space Africa, and Jalada Magazine. Anyuolo has also published with Africa is a Country, The Elephant, Daraja Press, and The Review of African Political Economy.

ISBN-13: 9789913620062

ISBN-10: None

Language: English

Publisher: Editor House Facility, Uganda

Year: 2023

Pages: 76

Cataloged: Feb. 6, 2025, 5 p.m.

ISBN-13: 9781868729265

ISBN-10: None

Language: English

Publisher: penguin books

Year: 2004

Pages: None

Cataloged: Feb. 6, 2025, 4:58 p.m.

In this book, Joseph Pleck examines and analyzes the full body of research literature on the male role that has appeared since the 1930s and subjects it to a devastating critique. He identifies the components of the "male sex role paradigm" which has been the basis of research for the past forty years, and notes numerous instances of blatant misrepresentation of data, twisted reinterpretations of disconfirming results, misogyny, homophobia, and class bias. He proposes a new theory, the "sex role strain paradigm," offers a reinterpretation of sex role stereotyping, and a critique of research by sociobiologists that allegedly demonstrates a biological basis for male aggression. Source: Publisher

ISBN-13: 9780262660501

ISBN-10: 0262660504

Language: English

Publisher: MIT Press

Year: 1981

Pages: 229

Cataloged: Feb. 6, 2025, 3 p.m.

A modern classic from the Booker-shortlisted author of This Mournable Body The groundbreaking first novel in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s award-winning trilogy, Nervous Conditions, won the Commonwealth Writers Prize and has been “hailed as one of the 20th century’s most significant works of African literature” (The New York Times). Two decades before Zimbabwe would win independence and ended white minority rule, thirteen-year-old Tambudzai Sigauke embarks on her education. On her shoulders rest the economic hopes of her parents, siblings, and extended family, and within her burns the desire for independence. She yearns to be free of the constraints of her rural village and thinks she’s found her way out when her wealthy uncle offers to sponsor her schooling. But she soon learns that the education she receives at his mission school comes with a price. Source: Publisher Nervous Conditions is a novel by Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga, first published in the United Kingdom in 1988. It was the first book published by a black woman from Zimbabwe in English. Nervous Conditions won Best Book of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1989. Wikipedia

ISBN-13: 9781644451632

ISBN-10: 1644451638

Language: English

Publisher: Graywolf Press

Year: 1988

Pages: 304

Cataloged: Feb. 6, 2025, 2:51 p.m.

ISBN-13: 9781988832494

ISBN-10: None

Language: English

Publisher: daraja press

Year: 2020

Pages: None

Cataloged: Feb. 6, 2025, 2:49 p.m.

ISBN-13: 9781848139503

ISBN-10: None

Language: English

Publisher: zed books

Year: 2021

Pages: None

Cataloged: Feb. 6, 2025, 2:47 p.m.

Agnes Smedley, author of Daughter of Earth, worked in and wrote about China from 1928 to 1941. These 18 pieces--all out of print and most unavailable even in public libraries--are based on interviews with revolutionary women. They include descriptions of the massacre of feminists in the Canton commune, of the silk workers of Canton whose solidarity earns them the charge of lesbianism, and of Mother Tsai, a 60-year-old peasant who leads village women in smashing an opium den. Source: Publisher

ISBN-13: 9780912670447

ISBN-10: 0912670444

Language: English

Publisher: Feminist Press

Year: 1976

Pages: 203

Cataloged: Feb. 6, 2025, 2:45 p.m.