• “Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave/I am the dream and the hope of the slave/I rise/I rise/I rise.”

    Honourable Ancestor Maya Angelou

zora neale hurston: dust tracks on a road, barracoon, hitting a straight lick with a crooked stick, mules and men

bell hooks: sisters of the yam

malidoma patrice some: of water and the spirit

chinua achebe: things fall apart

juju bae: the book of juju: africana spirituality for healing, liberation, and self discovery

ehime ora: ancestors said, spirits come from water

octavia e. butler: dawn, adulthood rites, imago, bloodchild and other stories, unexpected stories, parable series,

ronald l. smith: hoodoo

virginia hamilton: the people could fly

ntozake shange: sassafrass, cypress & indigo

akwaeke emezi: the death of vivek oji

daniel black: the coming

jenifer lewis: the mother of Black hollywood, walking in my joy

iyanla vanzant: interiors

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