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Kani Saburi Ayubu July 17, 2013 1 Comment

We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement by Akinyele Umoja

We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement by Akinyele Umoja

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Filed Under: Book of the Week

Kani Saburi Ayubu September 26, 2012 2 Comments

The Origins of Coffin Ed and Gravedigger Jones: Chester Himes

Gravedigger Jones and Coffin Ed

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Filed Under: Book of the Week Tagged With: authors, books, chester himes, coffin ed, crime books, crime novels, gravedigger jones, harlem, langston hughes, new york city, novels

Kani Saburi Ayubu September 15, 2012 Leave a Comment

Dave the Potter by Bryan Collier and Laban Hill

Dave the Potter by Bryan Collier and Laban Hill

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Filed Under: Book of the Week Tagged With: book, Bryan Collier, childrens book, laban carrick hill, poet, potter, pottery, south carolina

Kani Saburi Ayubu January 1, 2012 Leave a Comment

Kwanzaa for Kids: 9 Children’s Books About Kwanzaa

Young Black Girl Reading Kwanzaa Book

“A List of Children’s Books to Help Introduce the Youth to the Meanings, Symbols and Purpose of Kwanzaa”

Learn More About Kwanzaa Children’s Books

Filed Under: Book of the Week, Kwanzaa Tagged With: books, children, Kwanzaa

Kani Saburi Ayubu December 20, 2011 Leave a Comment

Sister Citizen by Dr. Melissa V. Harris-Perry

Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America by Melissa V. Harris-Perry

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Filed Under: Book of the Week Tagged With: african american women, black women, book, melissa harris-berry, political science, tulane

Kani Saburi Ayubu July 10, 2011 Leave a Comment

Heart & Soul: The Story of America and African Americans by Kadir Nelson

Heart & Soul by Kadir Nelson

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Filed Under: Book of the Week, Kadir Nelson Tagged With: African American History, black history, book, childrens book, Kadir Nelson

Kani Saburi Ayubu April 10, 2011 Leave a Comment

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable

Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention by Manning Marable

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Filed Under: African American History, Book of the Week, Malcolm X Tagged With: African American History, black history, book, books, columbia university, elijah muhammad, malcolm x, manning marable, nation of islam

Kani Saburi Ayubu February 14, 2010 Leave a Comment

“Mama Miti” by Donna Jo Napoli & Kadir Nelson

Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya

“Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya” by Donna Jo Napoli and illustrated by Kadir Nelson is our featured book of the week due to the works of art created by Mr. Nelson for the children’s book and its ethnic theme.  Below you will find a summary of the books contents, sample images from the book and much, much more. Learn more about this amazing book!

Filed Under: Book of the Week, Kadir Nelson Tagged With: children, donna jo napoli, kadir neslon, kenya, nobel prize, Trees, wangari maathai

Kani Saburi Ayubu October 17, 2009 1 Comment

They Came Before Columbus: Featured Book

I know Columbus day has passed us by but I couldn’t help but post a link to this classic work by the late Dr. Ivan Van Sertima.  This will be our featured book for this week and is one I think all people should read.  A summary of the book’s contents is below for all who are not familiar with its contents.

Summary

A celebrated classic, They Came Before Columbus, deals with a number of contacts — both planned and accidental, between Africans and Americans in different historical periods. Evidence for a physical/cultural presence of Africans in Early America is methodically examined.

Dr. Van Sertima reveals to us a compelling, dramatic and superbly detailed documentation of the presence and legacy of black Africans in ancient America.

With his considerable scholarship, Van Sertima examines the facts of navigation and shipbuilding, the sources of latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates, the scores of cultural analogies found nowhere else except in America and Africa, African languages and the transportation of plants, cloth and animals from Africa to the Americas.  And from the diaries, letters and journals of the explorers themselves; from Carbon-14 dated sculptures found in the Americas; from the Arabic documents, charts, maps from the recorded tales of the griots to the Kings of Mali; from dated skeletons found as recently as 1975, the author builds his pyramid of evidence.

In addition to a scholar’s fastidiousness, Van Sertima has the skill of a novelist, and with it recreates some of the most powerful scenes history has to offer:  the launching of the great ships of Mali in 1310 (200 master boats and 200 supply boats); the sea expedition of the Mandingo king himself in 1311, and many others, equally as vivid.

It is the marriage of these twin crafts–the artist’s and the scholar’s–in the book that makes it possible for us to see clearly the unmistakable face and handprint of black Africans in Pre-Columbian America, and their overwhelming impact on the civilization they found here.

– Random House, NYC

Book Reviews

For those who interested in reading a more in depth review of the book, please read Femi Akomolafe’s review: They Came Before Columbus Book Review

Learn More About Dr. Sertima

For those who are interested in learning more about Dr. Ivan Van Sertima I would encourage you to visit some of the links below:

Dr. Ivan Van Sertima (Wikipedia)

A Tribute to Dr. Ivan Van Sertima

Dr. Ivan Van Sertima (Journal of African Civilizations)

I have also included a video of Dr. Sertima lecturing on this subject below!

Videos

Lecture: Afrikan Presence In Early America

Additional Reading Materials

Filed Under: African American History, Book of the Week Tagged With: african american columbus day, african presence in america, columbus day, ivan van sertima, they came before columbus

Kani Saburi Ayubu May 21, 2009 Leave a Comment

Change Has Come by Kadir Nelson – Featured Book

This video is a trailer for the book “Change Has Come” by Kadir Nelson.  It is a book that commemorates the achievement of our 44th President.  The book features illustrations by Kadir Nelson, an award winning African American artist and illustrator based in San Diego, California and the words of Barack Obama.

Official Product Description

The black and white images throughout are personal reflections, uniquely felt and rendered by award winning artist Kadir Nelson. They are accompanied by the uplifting words of Barack Obama and commemorate the movement and the moment that have changed our history. It’s a celebration of the power of inspiration. It’s a celebration of how far we have come and how determined we are to look ahead. It’s a celebration of pride, hope and joy personally felt and publically shared. Most of all it’s a celebration of the 44th president – a new president and a new chapter in the American story.

Purchase the Book at: Amazon.com

Additional Video

Hear Kadir Nelson Speak About The Book

Filed Under: Book of the Week, Kadir Nelson Tagged With: change has come kadir nelson, kadir nelson book, kadir nelson illustrator, kadir nelson obama, kadir nelson video

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