Books
KWAME BRATHWAITE: BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL
In the late 1950s and throughout the 1960s, Kwame Brathwaite used his photography to popularize the political slogan “Black Is Beautiful.” This monograph―the first ever dedicated to Brathwaite’s remarkable career―tells the story of a key, but under-recognized, figure of the...
$40.00
CHICKEN BONE BEACH: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF ATLANTIC CITY'S MISSOURI AVENUE BEACH
Cheryl Woodruff-Brooks has compiled this history of Atlantic City's racially segregated beach during its heyday from the 1920s through the 1960s and the residents who lived on the Northside near the established Missouri Avenue Beach. Included are images, research, and...
$9.99
MISTY COPELAND: POWER AND GRACE
Misty has proven adversity can be conquered by reaching higher and working harder to define what is humanly possible, regardless of the path one chooses to follow their dreams. In Misty’s own words, “Finding your power doesn’t have to be...
$24.99
MICHELLE OBAMA: THE FIRST LADY IN PHOTOGRAPHS
There has never been a First Lady like her before. While there have been a slew of Obama celebrity books, none contain the message of Deborah Willis and Emily Bernard’s eye-opening book. With nearly 200 compelling photographs, these two noted...
$25.99
DREADS
Dreadlocks are a modern phenomenon with roots reaching as far back as the fifth century. According to ancient Hindu beliefs, dreads signified a singleminded pursuit of the spiritual. Devotion to God displaced vanity, and hair was left to its own...
$31.02
HOW TO SLAY: INSPIRATION FROM THE QUEENS AND KINGS OF BLACK STYLE
One of the few surveys of Black style and fashion ever published, How to Slay offers a lavishly illustrated overview of African American style through the twentieth century, focusing on the last thirty-five years. Through striking images of some of the most...
$65.00
$55.00
THE ROCK: THROUGH THE LENS: HIS LIFE, HIS MOVIES, HIS WORLD
Hiram Garcia, who has known Dwayne Johnson since college, is a longtime collaborator, producing partner, and talented photographer. As a film and television producer as well as in his role as the President of Production at Seven Bucks Productions, Garcia...
$35.00
KONGO ACROSS THE WATERS
“A powerful statement through both word and image of how individuals of African descent have negotiated African cultural practices, whether through remembrance or rediscovery, as strategies for their physical and psychological health.”—Jean Borgatti, Boston University “Uses an interdisciplinary approach...
$50.00
MRS. O: DEMOCRACY OF STYLE (COMING SOON)
Celebrated for her style and substance, Michelle Obama has transformed the role of first lady and become a 21st century icon, attracting attention from all over the world. The qualities so admired in her - intelligence, strength and charisma -...
$30.00
TANGO: THE ART HISTORY OF LOVE
In this generously illustrated book, world-renowned Yale art historian Robert Farris Thompson gives us the definitive account of tango, "the fabulous dance of the past hundred years–and the most beautiful, in the opinion of Martha Graham.”Thompson traces tango’s evolution in the...
$18.00
RIHANNA
From her Barbados childhood to her worldwide tours, from iconic fashion moments to private time with friends and family, the book showcases intimate photographs of her life as an artist, performer, designer, and entrepreneur. Many of these images have never...
$150.00
I STILL DO
Photographer, Kea Taylor, takes us on a heartwarming journey as she shares her most beloved images from ten years of photographing African-American weddings. Taylor artfully balances her romantic images with interviews of couples from diverse backgrounds, who openly share the...
$29.99
NEW DAUGHTERS OF AFRICA: AN INTERNATIONAL ANTHOLOGY OF WRITING BY WOMEN OF AFRICAN DESCENT
Twenty-five years ago, Margaret Busby’s Daughters of Africa was published to international acclaim and hailed as “an extraordinary body of achievement . . . a vital document of lost history” (Sunday Times) and “the ultimate reference guide” (Washington Post). New Daughters of Africa continues...
$32.99
THERE WAS A COUNTRY
The defining experience of Chinua Achebe’s life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War, of 1967–1970. The conflict was infamous for its savage impact on the Biafran people, Chinua Achebe’s people, many of whom were...
$27.95
CULTURE SMART!: NIGERIA: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO CUSTOMS & CULTURE
Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa with an internal market of 150 million people and an economy growing at around 8 percent a year, is potentially Africa’s next powerhouse. It is nearly one and a half times the size...
$11.49
THE AFRICAN TRILOGY: THINGS FALL APART/NO LONGER AT EASE/ARROW OF GOD (COMING SOON)
Chinua Achebe is considered the father of modern African literature, the writer who "opened the magic casements of African fiction." The African Trilogy--comprised of Things Fall Apart, Arrow of God, and No Longer at Ease--is his magnum opus. In these masterly novels, Achebe brilliantly...
$35.00
CAMEROON (BRADT TRAVEL GUIDE CAMEROON)
With ancient chiefdoms tucked between terraced fields and volcanic mountains, Mount Cameroon―Africa's highest peak, the impressive Waza National Park with its herds of elephants, and the coast's sleepy palm-fringed beaches, Cameroon has no shortage of attractions, yet it somehow fails...
$25.99
THOMAS SANKARA: AN AFRICAN REVOLUTIONARY (OHIO SHORT HISTORIES OF AFRICA)
Thomas Sankara, often called the African Che Guevara, was president of Burkina Faso, one of the poorest countries in Africa, until his assassination during the military coup that brought down his government. Although his tenure in office was relatively short,...
$16.95
$14.00
THE GHANA READER: HISTORY, CULTURE, POLITICS (WORLD READERS)
Covering 500 years of Ghana's history, The Ghana Reader provides a multitude of historical, political, and cultural perspectives on this iconic African nation. Whether discussing the Asante kingdom and the Gold Coast's importance to European commerce and transatlantic slaving, Ghana's brief period...
$29.95
LONELY PLANET WEST AFRICA ( TRAVEL GUIDE )
Lonely PlanetWest Africa is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the Senegalese music scene in Dakar, sun yourself in the coastal paradise of Freetown, or hike...
$32.99