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Black History Month

Black History Month

A selection of books by black authors from around the world, available to read in the Library

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Fiction and Wellbeing Collection

Punching The Air by Ibi Zoboi

Punching The Air by Ibi Zoboi

How to be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters

How to be Remy Cameron by Julian Winters

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

A Blade so Black by L L McKinney

A Blade so Black by L L McKinney

Cinderella is Dead  by Kalynn Bayron

Cinderella is Dead  by Kalynn Bayron

The Summer of Everything  by Julian Winters

The Summer of Everything  by Julian Winters

Black British Culture and Society

Black British Culture and Society

School Experience Collection

Under the moon & over the sea: a collection of Caribbean poems

Under the moon & over the sea: a collection of Caribbean poems

Jessica Strange

Jessica Strange

Thief!

Thief!

That new dress

That new dress

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History

Sulwe

Sulwe

Modern Fiction

Noughts & Crosses

Noughts & Crosses

Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart

Girls at war and other stories

Girls at war and other stories

Americanah

Americanah

Purple Hibiscus

Purple Hibiscus

Invisible man

Invisible man

Born on a Tuesday

Born on a Tuesday

Girl, Woman, Other

Girl, Woman, Other

Carnival Mind: Dark Soul

Carnival Mind: Dark Soul

Homegoing

Homegoing

The book of rhythms

The book of rhythms

Six Stories and an Essay

Six Stories and an Essay

Jazz

Jazz

Beloved

Beloved

The bluest eye

The bluest eye

Futureland

Futureland

Grain of wheat

Grain of wheat

The famished road

The famished road

The Gilded Years

The Gilded Years

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts

The color purple

The color purple

In love and trouble: stories of black women

In love and trouble: stories of black women

The Underground Railroad

The Underground Railroad

Spooks, spies, and private eyes

Spooks, spies, and private eyes

The Sun is also a Star

The Sun is also a Star

Classic Fiction

The fire next time

The fire next time

Another Country

Another Country

Giovanni's room

Giovanni's room

Babel-17

Babel-17

Their eyes were watching God

Their eyes were watching God

Passing

Passing

Strange fruit 

Strange fruit 

Art and Design

Life doesn't frighten me

Life doesn't frighten me

Jean-Michel Basquiat: Words Are All We Have

Jean-Michel Basquiat: Words Are All We Have

Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation

Writing the Future: Basquiat and the Hip-Hop Generation

Jean-Michel Basquiat: now's the time

Jean-Michel Basquiat: now's the time

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat

Different: a historical context

Different: a historical context

The Upper Room

The Upper Room

Chris Ofili: weaving magic

Chris Ofili: weaving magic

Chris Ofili: Freedom One Day

Chris Ofili: Freedom One Day

The struggle for black arts in Britain: what can we consider better than freedom

The struggle for black arts in Britain: what can we consider better than freedom

Storms of the heart: an anthology of black arts & culture

Storms of the heart: an anthology of black arts & culture

Lubaina Himid: Work from Underneath

Lubaina Himid: Work from Underneath

Lubaina Himid: Workshop Manual

Lubaina Himid: Workshop Manual

Contemporary Black Women Filmmakers and the Art of Resistance

Contemporary Black Women Filmmakers and the Art of Resistance

A Black Gaze: Artists changing how we see

A Black Gaze: Artists changing how we see

In The Black Fantastic

In The Black Fantastic

Matthew Angelo Harrison

Matthew Angelo Harrison

Mirror Reflecting Darkly: The Rita Keegan Archive

Mirror Reflecting Darkly: The Rita Keegan Archive

Te ahi kā : the fires of occupation

Te ahi kā : the fires of occupation

African Artists: From 1882 to Now

African Artists: From 1882 to Now

History

'Holy' Johnson, Pioneer of African Nationalism, 1836-1917

'Holy' Johnson, Pioneer of African Nationalism, 1836-1917

Precolonial Black Africa

Precolonial Black Africa

The Black history of the White House 

The Black history of the White House 

Towards colonial freedom: Africa in the struggle against world imperialism

Towards colonial freedom: Africa in the struggle against world imperialism

Freedom and unity: Uhuru na Umoja ; a selection from writings and speeches, 1952-65

Freedom and unity: Uhuru na Umoja ; a selection from writings and speeches, 1952-65

Freedom and development: Uhuru na maendeleo: a selection from writings and speeches, 1968-1973 

Freedom and development: Uhuru na maendeleo: a selection from writings and speeches, 1968-1973 

The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

The World's War: Forgotten Soldiers of Empire

Black and British: A forgotten history

Black and British: A forgotten history

Creating Black Americans: African-American history and its meanings, 1619 to the present

Creating Black Americans: African-American history and its meanings, 1619 to the present

The history of Mary Prince

The history of Mary Prince

The burden of memory, the muse of forgiveness

The burden of memory, the muse of forgiveness

I was born a slave: an anthology of classic slave narratives, Vol. 1: 1772-1849

I was born a slave: an anthology of classic slave narratives, Vol. 1: 1772-1849

I was born a slave: an anthology of classic slave narratives, Vol. 2: 1849-1866

I was born a slave: an anthology of classic slave narratives, Vol. 2: 1849-1866

Literature & Criticism

Hopes and impediments: selected essays, 1965-1987 

Hopes and impediments: selected essays, 1965-1987 

We should all be feminists

We should all be feminists

The price of the ticket: collected nonfiction, 1948-1985

The price of the ticket: collected nonfiction, 1948-1985

Notes of a native son

Notes of a native son

The souls of Black folk

The souls of Black folk

Darkwater: voices from within the veil

Darkwater: voices from within the veil

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave

I love myself when I am laughing ... and then again when I am looking mean and impressive: a Zora Neale Hurston reader 

I love myself when I am laughing ... and then again when I am looking mean and impressive: a Zora Neale Hurston reader 

Decolonising the mind: the politics of language in African literature 

Decolonising the mind: the politics of language in African literature 

Extravagant strangers: a literature of belonging

Extravagant strangers: a literature of belonging

Myth, literature and the African world

Myth, literature and the African world

An introduction to West African literature

An introduction to West African literature

In search of our mothers' gardens: womanist prose

In search of our mothers' gardens: womanist prose

Memoir & Autobiography

I know why the caged bird sings

I know why the caged bird sings

Gather together in my name 

Gather together in my name 

Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now

Wouldn't take nothing for my journey now

A Long Way Gone: The True Story of a Child Soldier

A Long Way Gone: The True Story of a Child Soldier

Ready for revolution: the life and struggles of Stokely Carmichael 

Ready for revolution: the life and struggles of Stokely Carmichael 

The Sixteenth Round

The Sixteenth Round

Miles: the autobiography

Miles: the autobiography

My bondage and my freedom

My bondage and my freedom

The interesting narrative and other writings

The interesting narrative and other writings

A small place

A small place

Long walk to freedom: the autobiography of Nelson Mandela

Long walk to freedom: the autobiography of Nelson Mandela

The autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah

The autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah

Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Born A Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood

Becoming

Becoming

Up from slavery

Up from slavery

The autobiography of Malcolm X 

The autobiography of Malcolm X 

Poetry

Salt-sweat & Tears 

Salt-sweat & Tears 

Black nature: four centuries of African American nature poetry

Black nature: four centuries of African American nature poetry

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude

Omeros

Omeros

Collected poems, 1948-1984 

Collected poems, 1948-1984 

Astronomy

Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries

Death by Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries

Politics & Society

Slay In Your Lane

Slay In Your Lane

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire

The New Jim Crow

The New Jim Crow

Black power: the politics of liberation in America

Black power: the politics of liberation in America

We Were Eight Years in Power

We Were Eight Years in Power

Don't Touch My Hair

Don't Touch My Hair

Towards the African renaissance: essays in African culture and development 1946-1960

Towards the African renaissance: essays in African culture and development 1946-1960

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race

Mother of all myths: how society moulds and constrains mothers

Mother of all myths: how society moulds and constrains mothers

The Hard Road to Renewal

The Hard Road to Renewal

Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging

Ain't I a woman: black women and feminism

Ain't I a woman: black women and feminism

Talking back: thinking feminist,thinking black

Black looks: race and representation

Black looks: race and representation

Reel to real: race, sex, and class at the movies

Reel to real: race, sex, and class at the movies

Real Black: adventures in racial sincerity

Real Black: adventures in racial sincerity

The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr

The Words of Martin Luther King, Jr

We Need To Talk About Race: Understanding the Black Experience in White Majority Churches

We Need To Talk About Race: Understanding the Black Experience in White Majority Churches

We Need New Stories: Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent

We Need New Stories: Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent

Black British Culture and Society

Black British Culture and Society

There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack

There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack

Taking up Space

Taking up Space

'Race', Gender, Social Welfare

'Race', Gender, Social Welfare

The New Age of Empire

The New Age of Empire

Empire Strikes Back

Empire Strikes Back