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Children’s Africana Book Awards
Children’s Africana Book Awards Miner Building, Howard University Washington District of Columbia The Children’s Africana Book Awards (CABA) are presented annually to the authors and illustrators of t...
Wanuri Kahiu
Wanuri Kahiu 0000000088258372 Wanuri Kahiu, born in Nairobi, is a renowned Kenyan filmmaker whose award-winning films have been showcased in over 100 global film festivals. Her first picture book, Th...
Nelda LaTeef
Nelda LaTeef 000000008348432X Nelda LaTeef is an award-winning author and illustrator, known for acclaimed children's books like Animal Village and The Talking Baobab Tree. Her work has received nume...
On My Papa’s Shoulders
On My Papa’s Shoulders Niki Daly 9781946395689 Fiction Catalyst Press Catalyst Press A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection A 2023 Charlotte Zolotow Award Honor Book Winner of the 2022 South...
Songs in the Shade of the Cashew and Coconut Trees: Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes from West Africa and the Caribbean
Songs in the Shade of the Cashew and Coconut Trees: Lullabies and Nursery Rhymes from West Africa and the Caribbean Nathalie Soussana 9782924774533 Nonfiction The Secret Mountain La Montagne secr&egra...
All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa
All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa Richard Conyngham 9781946395634 Fiction Catalyst Press Catalyst Press * A Kirkus Reviews Best YA Book of 2022 * A USBBY 2023 Outstanding Internatio...
Shaka Rising: A Legend of the Warrior Prince
Shaka Rising: A Legend of the Warrior Prince Luke W. Molver 9781946498991 Nonfiction Story Press Africa Story Press Africa “In a land beset by political turmoil and bloody conflict comes the epic saga...
Bottle Tops: The Art of El Anatsui
Bottle Tops: The Art of El Anatsui Alison Goldberg 9781620149669 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books Editor’s Choice Books for Youth, Booklist Children’s Africana Book Awards, Howard Universit...
An Introduction to Africana Philosophy
An Introduction to Africana Philosophy Lewis R. Gordon 9780521675468 Nonfiction Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press In this undergraduate textbook Lewis R. Gordon offers the first co...
Africana Legacy Press
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Africana Research Publications
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John Henrik Clarke And The Power Of Africana History: Africalogical Quest For Decolonization And Sovereignty
John Henrik Clarke And The Power Of Africana History: Africalogical Quest For Decolonization And Sovereignty Ahati N. N. Toure 9781592216277 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red ...
Deborah G. Plant
Deborah G. Plant 0000000055229006 Deborah G. Plant is a respected scholar and critic, specializing in African American literature and Africana Studies, particularly the works of Zora Neale Hurston. P...
Africana
Africana Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 9780465000715 Nonfiction Basic Civitas Books Perseus Books Inspired by the dream of the late African American scholar W.E.B. Du Bois and assist...
Africana: A Cookbook of Recipes and Flavors Inspired by a Rich Continent
Africana: A Cookbook of Recipes and Flavors Inspired by a Rich Continent Lerato Umah-Shaylor 9780063277496 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins A culinary adventure and celebration of African cooking and ...
Lasana D. Kazembe
Lasana D. Kazembe NONE Dr. Lasana D. Kazembe, a Chicago-native scholar, specializes in Urban Education, Global Black Arts Movements, and the Black Intellectual Tradition. He explores Culturally Susta...
Developmental Psychology of the Black Child
Developmental Psychology of the Black Child Amos N. Wilson 9780686241836 Nonfiction Africana Research Publications Africana Research Publications Are Black and White Children the same? Are ...
Elizabeth-Irene Baitie
Elizabeth-Irene Baitie 0000000401699917 Elizabeth-Irene Baitie is a renowned children's book author from Ghana, known for winning prestigious awards like the Children’s Africana Book Award, Burt Awar...
Africana: An Encyclopedia of an Amazing Continent
Africana: An Encyclopedia of an Amazing Continent Kim Chakanetsa 9780711269804 Nonfiction Wide Eyed Editions The Quarto Group Discover the incredible history and diversity of the African continent in ...
I Am Because We Are: Readings in Africana Philosophy
I Am Because We Are: Readings in Africana Philosophy Fred Lee Hord 9781625341761 Nonfiction University of Massachusetts Press University of Massachusetts Press First published in 1995, I Am Because We...
Africana: Civil Rights: An A-to-Z Reference of the Movement that Changed America
Africana: Civil Rights: An A-to-Z Reference of the Movement that Changed America Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. 9780762419586 Nonfiction Running Press Hachette Book Group American his...
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience - The Concise Desk Reference
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience - The Concise Desk Reference Kwame Anthony Appiah 9780762416424 Nonfiction Running Press Hachette Book Group Drawn from the ac...
African American Literary Awards Show 2006
African American Literary Awards Show 2006 African American Literary Awards Show 2006 THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HERE AS AN HISTORICAL ARCHIVE. Visit htt...
2007 African American Literary Awards Show
2007 African American Literary Awards Show 2007 African American Literary Awards Show 2007 African American Literary Awards Show THIS EVENT HAS TAKEN PLACE AND IS RECORDED HE...
2008 African American Literary Awards Show
2008 African American Literary Awards Show 2008 African American Literary Awards Show The 4th Annual African American Literary Awards Show 2008 Group shot from the 2008 Awards Show _...
Tiphanie Yanique
Tiphanie Yanique 0000000071326295 Tiphanie Yanique, a novelist, poet, and professor from Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, is renowned for her numerous awards including the Mary Grant Charles Award ...
Patricia Reid-Merritt
Patricia Reid-Merritt NONE Dr. Patricia Reid-Merritt is a distinguished professor at Richard Stockton College, founder of Afro-One Dance, Drama and Drum Theatre, and an award-winning social worker. K...
Taking Over Wall Street with Books by Charisse Carney-Nunes
Taking Over Wall Street with Books by Charisse Carney-Nunes Charisse Carney-Nunes Article The Lit Bit Wall Street is in for another invasion… no, not just more protestors armed with ...
Nate Powell
Nate Powell 0000000078269174 Nate Powell, born in 1978, is a New York Times best-selling graphic novelist known for “March,” the autobiography of John Lewis. A self-publisher from age 14, Powell's aw...
Heather Andrea Williams
Heather Andrea Williams 0000000036912707 Heather Andrea Williams, a professor of Africana studies at the University of Pennsylvania, is an award-winning author recognized for her works on African Ame...
2015 AAMBC Literary Awards
2015 AAMBC Literary Awards 2015 AAMBC Literary Awards 2015 AAMBC LIterary Awards Related Links
2009 African American Literary Awards Show
2009 African American Literary Awards Show 2009 African American Literary Awards Show 2009 African American Literary Awards Show Visit http://www.literaryawardshow.co...
38th NAACP Image Awards (2007)
38th NAACP Image Awards (2007) Kam Williams Article Image Awards Upstaged by Resignation of NAACP President 38th NAACP Image Awards (2007) by Kam Williams &nb...
Miriam Ma’sat Ka ReMonges
Miriam Ma’sat Ka ReMonges NONE Miriam Ma’sat Ka ReMonges (1950-2006) was a prominent professor of Social Work and African American Studies at California State University. She held a Ph.D. from Temple...
Donna L. Washington
Donna L. Washington 0000000067719053 Donna L. Washington is a professional storyteller, multiple-award-winning recording artist, and children’s book author (Boo Stew). She performs at festivals, sch...
Leah Henderson
Leah Henderson NONE Leah Henderson is an award-winning author with a passion for travel and exploration, which influences her work. Her notable works include the Africana Children’s Book Award notabl...
Andrea Davis Pinkney
Andrea Davis Pinkney 0000000083413599 Andrea Davis Pinkney is a bestselling author of children and young adult books, awarded multiple honors such as Coretta Scott King Awards and NAACP Image Award n...
Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold 0000000078615604 Faith Ringgold was a multi-disciplinary artist and professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego. Known for her work in painting, writing, and sculptur...
Wayétu Moore
Wayétu Moore 0000000474741880 Wayétu Moore is the founder of One Moore Book, a non-profit publishing culturally relevant books to promote literacy in countries with low rates. She opened her first b...
Larry Wilmore the World's Funniest MC (2016 National Book Awards)
Larry Wilmore the World's Funniest MC (2016 National Book Awards) Literary Events Larry Wilmore's opening routine to kick off The 67th National Book Awards Ceremony (Academy Awards of the book world)....
Rachel Renée Russell
Rachel Renée Russell 0000000116442848 “Black writers should not be typecast into having only black characters.”—Shonda Rhimes Rachel Renee Russell, attorney and bestselling author of...
Nominee Shares Her Experience at the 2015 NAACP Image Awards Ceremony for Outstanding Literary Work
Nominee Shares Her Experience at the 2015 NAACP Image Awards Ceremony for Outstanding Literary Work Gwen Richardson Article African-American authors rarely receive national recognition for their work...
Kinder Spirits: Children Helping Children in the Fight Against Hunger
Kinder Spirits: Children Helping Children in the Fight Against Hunger Vicki L. Hubbard 9780595135424 Nonfiction iUniverse Author Solutions Kinder Spirits is a childrens book catered for children of al...
Go On Girl! Book Club Author Awards Weekend
Go On Girl! Book Club Author Awards Weekend Charlotte North Carolina The first Author Awards were presented in 1992 as a small event held in Brooklyn, New York to recognize those authors and publishe...
Kellie Carter Jackson
Kellie Carter Jackson NONE Kellie Carter Jackson, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Africana Studies at Wellesley College and author of the award-nominated book, Force and Freedom. She resides in S...
Allen Ballard
Allen Ballard NONE Allen B. Ballard, renowned History and Africana Studies professor at SUNY-Albany, is a Harvard Ph.D. graduate and Professor Emeritus of Political Science at CCNY. An esteemed autho...
N. K. Jemisin
N. K. Jemisin 0000000107503776 Jemisin, in 2018, Became the Only Writer to Win 3 Best Novel Hugo Awards in Consecutive Years (note) Nora K. Jemisin, born in 1972, is a renowned speculative fiction aut...
Askhari Johnson Hodari
Askhari Johnson Hodari NONE Askhari Johnson Hodari, Ph.D. is a Black/Africana Studies practitioner, author, and founder of de Griot Space, an online workshop for Black writers. With a B.A. from Spelm...
Ousmane K. Power-Greene
Ousmane K. Power-Greene NONE Ousmane K. Power-Greene, Africana Studies Chair at Clark University, is the author of “Against Wind and Tide.” His work features in “The Harlem Renaissance Revisited” and...
Peniel E. Joseph
Peniel E. Joseph 0000000115111895 Peniel E. Joseph, historian and professor at The University of Texas, is the founding director of the LBJ School’s Center for the Study of Race and Democracy. Specia...
Fred Lee Hord
Fred Lee Hord NONE Dr. Fred Lee Hord, born in 1941, is the founder and Executive Director of the Association for Black Culture Centers. He's a professor at Knox College and Director of its Africana S...
Marquita M. Gammage
Marquita M. Gammage NONE Marquita M. Gammage is a Full Professor and Chair of the Africana Studies Department at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). She earned her PhD in African America...
Naomi V. Dunsen-White
Naomi V. Dunsen-White NONE Naomi V. Dunsen-White is a children’s book author and editor focused on promoting diversity and representation in children's literature. She utilizes her background as a fo...
The Oxford Handbook of Children’s Rights Law
The Oxford Handbook of Children’s Rights Law Jonathan Todres and Shani M. King 9780190097608 Nonfiction Oxford University Press, USA Oxford University Press Children’s rights law is a relatively young...
New List! Best-Selling Children’s Books
New List! Best-Selling Children’s Books Troy Johnson Article We've Just Added an Additional Category to Our Popular Best Sellers List—Children’s Books! Over the years, there has always been a gre...
Facing South to Africa: Toward an Afrocentric Critical Orientation (Critical Africana Studies)
Facing South to Africa: Toward an Afrocentric Critical Orientation (Critical Africana Studies) Molefi Kete Asante 9780739196717 Nonfiction Lexington Books Lexington Books Facing South to Africa is a b...
In-dependence from Bondage: Claude McKay and Michael Manley Defying the Ideological Clash and Policy Gaps in African Diaspora Relations
In-dependence from Bondage: Claude McKay and Michael Manley Defying the Ideological Clash and Policy Gaps in African Diaspora Relations Lloyd D. McCarthy 9781592214655 Fiction Africana Research Public...
Why the Elephant Has No Butt
Why the Elephant Has No Butt Osonye Tess Onwueme 9780966383720 Fiction Africana Legacy Press Africana Legacy Press Recreates and globalizes an Igbo folktale about the animals’ struggle for survival an...
Sandra Jackson-Opoku
Sandra Jackson-Opoku 0000000034062374 Sandra Jackson-Opoku is an acclaimed writer with numerous published works on Africana literature and African American studies. She has also taught Literature and...
Anne C. Bailey
Anne C. Bailey 0000000041675128 Anne C. Bailey is a renowned writer and historian, specializing in history and Africana studies as a university professor. Anne C. Bailey is a writer, historian and pr...
Tricia Rose
Tricia Rose 0000000108726760 Tricia Rose, a professor of Africana Studies at Brown University, specializes in African-American culture, politics, and gender issues. She is the author of 'Black Noise'...
Graham Russell Gao Hodges and Alan Edward Brown
Graham Russell Gao Hodges and Alan Edward Brown MULTIPLE "Graham Russell Gao Hodges is a History, Africana and Latin American Studies Professor at Colgate University. Alan Edward Brown is a Minneapol...
Carole Boyce-Davies
Carole Boyce-Davies 0000000110589582 Carole Boyce-Davies is a Cornell University professor specializing in Africana studies and English. She's renowned for works such as “Left of Karl Marx” and the “...
Edmund Abaka
Edmund Abaka 0000000033905018 Edmund Abaka, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of History and Director of the Africana Studies Program at the University of Miami. Edmund Abaka, Ph.D. is Associate Profe...
Karin L. Stanford
Karin L. Stanford 0000000084129856 Karin L. Stanford, PhD, is a renowned professor specializing in Africana studies at California State University, Northridge. Karin L. Stanford, PhD, is professor of...
Kimberly W. Benston
Kimberly W. Benston 0000000025660567 Kimberly W. Benston (born January 18, 1953) is Francis B. Gummere Professor of English and Africana Studies at Haverford College, where he has also served as Prov...
Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Henry Louis Gates, Jr. MULTIPLE Dr. Henry “Skip” Louis Gates Jr., a distinguished Harvard professor, is widely recognized for his contribution to African and African American research. As editor in c...
Maulana Karenga
Maulana Karenga 0000000116973657 Maulana Karenga, a professor of Africana Studies and influential figure in the Black Power movement, created the African-American holiday of Kwanzaa. A graduate of UC...
Christine Platt
Christine Platt NONE Christine Platt Patrick, also known as CP Patrick, is a Florida-born author specializing in African Diaspora narratives interlacing fiction and fantasy. She holds degrees in Afri...
Wade Nobles
Wade Nobles 0000000082420463 Dr. Wade W. Nobles is a professor emeritus at San Francisco State University and founder of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Black Family, Life and Culture, Inc. A...
Nicole Sealey
Nicole Sealey NONE Nicole Sealey, originally from St. Thomas, U.S.V.I., is an acclaimed author and poet known for 'Ordinary Beast' and her award-winning chapbook. She's a recipient of numerous prizes...
Brittney Cooper
Brittney Cooper 0000000495530628 Brittney Cooper, born in 1980, is a renowned author and Rutgers University professor specializing in Women's and Gender Studies, and Africana Studies. Known for her m...
Tony Martin
Tony Martin 0000000064030680 Professor Tony Martin, born in Trinidad and Tobago (1942-2013), was a revered historian and author, known as the leading expert on Marcus Garvey. Alongside teaching Afric...
Joshua M. Myers
Joshua M. Myers NONE Joshua M. Myers is an Africana Studies professor at Howard University and an author. His notable work includes “We Are Worth Fighting For: A History of the Howard University Stud...
Monica A. Coleman
Monica A. Coleman 0000000040498916 Dr. Monica A. Coleman is an award-winning author and Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Delaware. Known for her work in Black and womanist theologie...
Akinyele Umoja, Karin L. Stanford, and Jasmin A. Young
Akinyele Umoja, Karin L. Stanford, and Jasmin A. Young MULTIPLE "Akinyele Umoja is a professor in African-American Studies at Georgia State University. Karin L. Stanford, PhD, teaches Africana studie...
Tyriek White
Tyriek White 0000000517767141 Tyriek Rashawn White, a Brooklyn-based writer, musician, and educator, serves marginalized communities and leads Lampblack Lit, a literary foundation for Black writers. ...
Noliwe Rooks
Noliwe Rooks 000000010894475X Noliwe Rooks, born in 1963, is a professor and chair of Africana Studies at Brown University, specializing in the intersection of race and gender in US culture, history,...
Lynne d. Johnson
Lynne d. Johnson Kam Williams Interview ynne d. Johnson writes about music, cyberculture, literature, and the performing and visual arts. You can find her articles, essays, and poetry in variou...
Sheree R. Thomas
Sheree R. Thomas Kam Williams Interview Sheree R. Thomas anansi@africana.com A Manhattan-based writer and freelance editor, Sheree R. Thomas contributes to several publicati...
The Maid and the Crocodile: A Novel in the World of Raybearer
The Maid and the Crocodile: A Novel in the World of Raybearer Jordan Ifueko 9781419764356 Fiction Harry N. Abrams Harry N. Abrams A romantic standalone fantasy set in the world of Raybearer, from New ...
National Book Award - 5 Under 35
National Book Award - 5 Under 35 Video coverage of the 2013 National Book Awards a5 Under 35 The 2013 National Book Awards 5 Under 35 AALBC.com attended three; the 5 Under 35 book party; the Natio...
36 African-American Nominees for National Book Awards
36 African-American Nominees for National Book Awards Troy Johnson Article November 11, 2015 Update: A complete list of National Book Award Honorees, of African descent, is now available. The mi...
The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-2009: 40Th Anniversary (Coretta Scott King Awards Book)
The Coretta Scott King Awards, 1970-2009: 40Th Anniversary (Coretta Scott King Awards Book) Henrietta M. Smith 9780838935842 Nonfiction Amer Library Assn Editions American Library Association Coincidi...
Thulani Davis
Thulani Davis 0000000001538348 Thulani Davis is an interdisciplinary scholar and writer, with focus on black political thought, slavery, and African American literature. She's a recipient of numerous...
National Book Awards
National Book Awards Cipriani Wall Street New York New York Attendance by invitation only. All of the authors of African descent who have won a National Book Award. Watch vidoes the 67th annual Nati...
W. Paul Coates Literarian Award Acceptance Speech from the 2024 National Book Awards
W. Paul Coates Literarian Award Acceptance Speech from the 2024 National Book Awards W. Paul Coates Article Watch a Video of Walter Mosleys’s Introduction and Paul Coates Acceptance Speech. ...
Khary Lazarre-White
Khary Lazarre-White NONE Khary Lazarre-White, Esq., co-founder and Executive Director of The Brotherhood/Sister Sol, is renowned for his innovative leadership. Born in 1974 in New York City, he's a r...
Melba Joyce Boyd
Melba Joyce Boyd 0000000030185254 Melba Joyce Boyd, a renowned poet and academic, has authored nine poetry books and received various awards. She is a Distinguished University Professor at Wayne Stat...
Ali Mazrui
Ali Mazrui 0000000119710676 “One of the Top 100 Intellectuals in the World” Ali Al’amin Mazrui (1933-2014), a distinguished Kenyan academic and political writer, specialized in African and...
Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati hosts The African American Children’s Book Fair
Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati hosts The African American Children’s Book Fair Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati hosts The African American Children’s Book Fair Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati on the African American C...
Pat Cummings
Pat Cummings 0000000067231736 Pat Cummings is an award-winning author and illustrator, known for creating over 30 children's books. She's worked on TV shows like Gullah Gullah Island and Cover to Cov...
Go On Girl! Book Club's 22nd Annual Author Awards
Go On Girl! Book Club's 22nd Annual Author Awards Literary Events Tracey Y. Smith, National Media & Author Relations Chairperson for Go On Girl! Book Club highlights their 22nd Annual Author Awards ce...
James McBride: Acceptance Speech 2013 National Book Awards
James McBride: Acceptance Speech 2013 National Book Awards Literary Events Learn More at: https://aalbc.com/content.php?title=Coverage+of+the+64th+National+Book+Awards+2013 Fiction selection committee...
Zadie Smith
Zadie Smith 000000012276857X Zadie Smith, born Sadie Smith in 1975, is a renowned British author of Jamaican-English heritage. Her debut novel, “White Teeth,” won numerous awards, and subsequent nove...
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden
Children’s Book Author Tonya Bolden Troy Johnson Interview AALBC Founder Troy Johnson with Tonya Bolden at the 2020 African American Children’s Book Fair Tonya Bolden has written numerous be...
Happy New Year From AALBC.com’s Troy Johnson
Happy New Year From AALBC.com’s Troy Johnson Troy Johnson Article 2013, what a year! With so many great new books and films last year, there was a lot to celebrate. We also extended our reach through...
Jacquelin Thomas
Jacquelin Thomas NONE Award-winning author Jacquelin Thomas has published over 50 titles across romance, women’s fiction, inspirational, and young adult genres. She's received multiple awards includi...