Urban LIT.
Orishas, Goddesses, and Voodoo Queens: The Divine Feminine in the African Religious Traditions
An inspiring exploration of the goddesses of the West African spiritual traditions and their role in shaping Yoruba (Ifa), Santeria, Haitian Vodoun, and New Orleans Voodoo. Throughout Africa and beyond in the diaspora caused by the slave trade, the divine...
$18.95
$13.95
WIT & WISDOM OF AFRICA: PROVERBS FROM AFRICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Publisher : Africa World Pr (June 1, 1999)
Paperback : 224 pages
ISBN-13 : 9780865437241
$34.95
$27.00
Rootwork
Paperback : 160 pages
ISBN-10 : 0743235347
ISBN-13 : 978-0743235341
$16.99
$11.99
Eat Plants, B*tch: 91 Vegan Recipes That Will Blow Your Meat-Loving Mind
When Pinky Cole opened her first Slutty Vegan food truck in 2018, she was inspired by her love of vegan comfort food. Now, after having expanded to restaurants, a bar, and a philanthropic organization, Cole is ready to bring her...
$28.99
$19.99
High on the Hog: A Culinary Journey from Africa to America
The grande dame of African American cookbooks and winner of the James Beard Lifetime Achievement Award stakes her claim as a culinary historian with a narrative history of African American cuisine.Acclaimed cookbook author Jessica B. Harris has spent much of...
$20.00
$12.00
INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN ORAL LITERATURE AND PERFORMANCE
Publisher : Africa World Press; 0 edition (October 30, 2005)
Paperback : 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 1592211518
$29.95
$24.95
Wild Seed (Patternist #1)
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing; Reissue edition (March 17, 2020)
Language : English
Paperback : 320 pages
ISBN-10 : 1538751488
$16.99
$12.99
Egypt's Golden Couple: When Akhenaten and Nefertiti Were Gods on Earth
Akhenaten has been the subject of radically different, even contradictory, biographies. The king has achieved fame as the world's first individual and the first monotheist, but others have seen him as an incestuous tyrant who nearly ruined the kingdom he...
$29.99
$23.99
You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other Essays
You Don’t Know Us Negroes is the quintessential gathering of provocative essays from one of the world’s most celebrated writers, Zora Neale Hurston. Spanning more than three decades and penned during the backdrop of the birth of the Harlem Renaissance, Montgomery...
$29.99
$17.99
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
The National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. Some Americans insist that we're living in a post-racial society. But racist thought is not just alive and well in America--it...
$32.99
$24.99
A Shot in the Moonlight: How a Freed Slave and a Confederate Soldier Fought for Justice in the Jim Crow South
After moonrise on the cold night of January 21, 1897, a mob of twenty-five white men gathered in a patch of woods near Big Road in southwestern Simpson County, Kentucky. Half carried rifles and shotguns, and a few tucked pistols...
$28.00
$16.80
The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
Self-described "black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet" Audre Lorde is an unforgettable voice in twentieth-century literature, and one of the first to center the experiences of black, queer women. This essential reader showcases her indelible contributions to intersectional feminism, queer theory,...
$21.99
$15.99
Power Hungry: Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and Their Fight to Feed a Movement
In early 1969 Cleo Silvers and a few Black Panther Party members met at a community center laden with boxes of donated food to cook for the neighborhood children. By the end of the year, the Black Panthers would be...
$27.99
$19.99
Natural Flava: Quick & Easy Plant-Based Caribbean Recipes
Caribbean food is often known for its tasty meat and fish dishes. However, there's more to Caribbean food than jerk chicken. It also features a wide variety of fresh fruit and vegetables like plantain, yams, jackfruit, guava, and plenty more,...
$30.00
$24.00
The Magic of Marie Laveau: Embracing the Spiritual Legacy of the Voodoo Queen of New Orleans
The life and work of the legendary “Pope of Voodoo,” Marie Laveau―a free woman of color who practically ruled New Orleans in the mid-1800s Marie Laveau may be the most influential American practitioner of the magical arts; certainly, she is...
$18.95
$12.95
Kwanzaa: From Holiday to Every Day
Traditionally, Kwanzaa brings family, friends, and the community together for a winter celebration. But Kwanzaa can be a part of your life year-round. Steeped in cultural richness, Kwanzaa is observed by millions of people of African descent who observe it...
$15.95
In Bibi's Kitchen: The Recipes and Stories of Grandmothers from the Eight African Countries That Touch the Indian Ocean [A Cookbook]
In this incredible volume, Somali chef Hawa Hassan and food writer Julia Turshen present 75 recipes and stories gathered from bibis (or grandmothers) from eight African nations: South Africa, Mozambique, Madagascar, Comoros, Tanzania, Kenya, Somalia, and Eritrea. Most notably, these...
$35.00
$26.00
The Essential Kerner Commission Report
Recognizing that an historic study of American racism and police violence should become part of today’s canon, Jelani Cobb contextualizes it for a new generation. The Kerner Commission Report, released a month before Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1968 assassination, is...
$17.95
$12.77
The Essential June Jordan
"This volume of verse displays the undeniable legacy June Jordan left on both our literature and culture. Collected here are blazing examples of poetry as activism, stanzas that speak truth to power and speak out against violence against women and...
$21.95
$14.95
Dance Theatre of Harlem: A History, A Movement, A Celebration
This definitive history is a celebration of the first African-American ballet company, from its 1960s origins in a Harlem basement, to the performances, community engagement, and education message of empowerment through the arts for all which the Company continues to...
$50.00
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