Books
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Let the People See: Emmett Till, and Why They Don’t See
A new book about Emmett Till, Let the People See, [i] aims to explore “not just history but memory”. Elliott J. Gorn says…
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Succeeding While Black
Michelle Obama’s new book reduces racial inequality to a matter of psychological impairment that can be overcome through grit and…
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Happy Birthday Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford on February 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio to Ramah and George Wofford. Both…
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Chinua Achebe: On the Importance of Storytelling
Nigerian Novelist Chinua Achebe: 13 November 1930 – 21 March 2013. “The storyteller who hears the music of history, weaves the…
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EDUCATING A NATION
Courtesy of http://www.panafricanalliance.com. Editors Note: This article was originally written by United Black America member Ama Dede. Ama Dede aka Deidre…
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Books That Must Be Read But Are Suppressed And Unavailable In SA’s Bookstores
In the late 1980 to the early 1990’s and beyond I read and reviewed some books which are must-read such…
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Friday Black
A piercingly raw debut story collection from a young writer with an explosive voice; a treacherously surreal, and, at times,…
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Pillaging the World. The History and Politics of the IMF
Those of us who put forth the argument that the global financial system of lending creates slaves of the developing…
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THE GATHERING
This morning I had a dream of ubaba uChris Hani. He stood at the edge of the horizon, expectant. A…
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Restoring African History – Seven Amazing African Queens
The great and revered African American historian John Henrik Clarke summed up our efforts, here at UnCensored, of restoring African…
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