In Hebrewisms of West Africa Williams examines the relationship between the Jamaican and the Ashanti cultures and folk beliefs. He documents the Hebraic practices, customs and beliefs which he found among both groups of people.

Hebrewisms of West Africa: From the Nile to the Niger with the Jews

History

Williams, Joseph J.

Africa

Black Classic Press, Inprint Editions

In an analytical approach to the statutes of twelve slave holding states Stroud's book exposed to the world the diabolical nature of legal enactments throughout the South that debased both African people and those who held them in bondage. Stroud's Slave Laws had extensive influence upon national legal thinking on the issue of slavery.

Stroud's Slave Laws: A Sketch of the Laws Relating to Slavery in the Several States of the United States of America

Stroud, George McDowell

Americas

A rare andlong out-of-print gem, this work is a wonderful time capsule to the past, filled with hundreds of well-known and little-known tidbits about Blacks.

The Afro-American World Alamanac: What Do Your Know About Your Race? With Unusual Historic Facts About Prominent People of African Descent From A to Z

Brown, Ross D. Reverend

The authors present the importance of the African tradition. Kindezi (the art of Babysitting) and the ndezi (the babysitters) provide extensive value and service to both society and the individual child, making for a cohesive, unified community. Introduction by Marimba Ani.

Kindezi: The Kongo Art of Babysitting

Fu-Kiau, Kimbwandende Kia Bunseki

Lukondo-Wamba, A.M.

Osei leads readers from the humble birth and difficult youth of the great South African warrior and chief Skaka Zulu to his rise as one of Africa's - and the worlds - greatest leaders.

Shaka the Great: King of the Zulus

Biographies & Memoirs

Osei, G.K.

Historical

This mesmerizing collection of verse containing the poetry of Linda Joy Burke, Lenett Nefertiti Allen, Jaki-Terry, and Chezia Thompson-Cager is as diverse and inspiring as the women who wrote these poems.

When Divas Laugh: The Diva Squad Poetry Collective

Literature & Fiction

Poetry

In this imaginative novel by Frederick Tuten, the author has dared to reimagine Tintin; the central character from Belgian artist Herge's comic book series, The Adventures of Tintin. In this story, Tintin, world traveler and reporter is once again joined by his fellow adventurers , Captain Haddock and his dog Snowy as they travel to the Inca city of Machu Picchu in Peru whre they meet Clavdia Chauchat. Along the way, Tintin has his first adult adventures, falls in love and becomes involved in life's more complex questions.

Tintin in the New World: A Romance

TUTEN, Frederic

Contemporary

Vincent van Gogh created his life's work out of a vortex of passion and delirium so intense his paintings seem to burst off the canvas. Now Frederick Tuten, the highly acclaimed author of Tintin in the New World, has imagined the personification of van Gogh's fervor and madness: Ursula, one of the most beguiling creations in recent literature. A morphine-addicted, nineteen-year-old photographer, Ursula is van Gogh's lover and tormentor. But she is lost to him, and he to her, when she steps through a crack in the wall at the Bad Cafe and finds herself in a strange world--New York City at the end of the twentieth century.

Van Gogh's Bad Café: A Love Story

Tallien begins as the story of an estranged father and son. The relationship is strained over the years by the father's efforts to organize restaurant workers during the Depression. After 30 years of separation, the son visits his father’s deathbed and offers the story of Jean Lambert Tallien, leader of the French Revolution. The book skillfully slips from the present day story of father and son to the story of Tallien's rise and fall. His role and position in the French Revolution is jeopardized when he meets and falls in love with Terese de Fontenay, the widow of a recently beheaded nobleman. Eventually, Tallien’s passion for Terese sways him into joining Napolean’s forces.

Tallien: A Brief Romance

United States

Published to coincide with the 125th anniversary of William Carlos Williams' birth, Neil Baldwin’s thoughtful biography captures the rich life of the preeminent poet who was also a beloved country doctor. Baldwin writes movingly of the small-town New Jersey folk who came to see Dr. Williams in his daily professional routine. He likewise details the prolific writer’s complex nightlife within the Bohemian circles of Greenwich Village and the long and loving friendships he shared with literary superstars such as Ezra Pound and Hilda Doolittle. Based on Baldwin’s years of study cataloging the Williams archives at SUNY/Buffalo and at Yale more than 20,000 sheets and rough drafts for poems, short stories, novels, plays, and Williams’ ambitious epic poem, "Paterson," To All Gentleness presents a striking portrait of a man who managed to live two important lives, distinct yet driven by the same impulses of creativity and caring.

To All Gentleness: William Carlos Williams, The Doctor Poet

Baldwin, Neil

Arts & Literature

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