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Independent Websites Dedicated to Authors of African Descent

These Black-owned, online booksellers operate websites whose primary focus is on books written by people of African descent. Most also operate brick and mortar stores. The sites are listed alphabetically. A printable list of these book sites. Sites must have their own domain name and , and handle customer transactions directly, to be included on this list.

Select a Book Site44th & 3rd BooksellerA Cultural Exchange AALBC BookstoreAfrica AccessAfrica World Press, Inc. & The Red Sea PressAfrican Books CollectiveAfrican BookstoreAlkebu-Lan Images Bookstore & Gift ShopAll African BooksAll Things Inspiration GiftiqueAshay by the BayBest Richardson African Diaspora Literature & CultBlack Art PlusBlack Baby BooksBlack Dot Cultural CenterBlack Stone Bookstore & Cultural CenterBliss Books & WineBook BoutiqueBrave + Kind BookshopBrown Sugar & Spice BooksCafe con LibrosCarol’s BooksDare Books Detroit Book CityEso Won Bookstore Essence Book GalleryEyeSeeMeFrontline Books & Kultural EmporiumFrugal Bookstore Good BooksGrandma’s PlaceGrassrootz BookstoreHakim’s Bookstore and Gift ShopHarambee Books and ArtworksKizzy’s Books & MoreKnowledge BookstoreKweli ClubLoving Me Books LLCLoyalty BooksLushena BooksMahoganyBooksMalik BooksMansa BooksMedu Bookstore, Greenbriar Mall Nappy Roots BooksNew Beacon BooksNubian KnowledgePrésence AfricainePyramid Art, Books & Custom FramingPyramid Books QBR The Black Book ReviewReparations ClubRiches In Reading BooksRofhiwa Book CaféSankofa Video Books & CafeShades of Afrika BookstoreShrine of the Black Madonna Cultural Center and BoSistah Scifi Sister’s Uptown BookstoreSource BooksellersThe African American Book ExchangeThe Brain LairThe Brown BookshelfThe Dock BookshopThe Key BookstoreThe Listening TreeThe Tiny BookstoreThe Underground BookstoreThe Wild Fig BooksTurning Page BookshopUmoja Books and ProductsUnderground BooksVision Christian BookstoreWonders of the World Book and Toy Store

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