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Facing Mount Kenya
Facing Mount Kenya Jomo Kenyatta 9780394702100 Nonfiction Vintage Penguin Random House Facing Mount Kenya is a central document of the highest distinction in anthropological literature, an invaluable ...
Jamise Harper and Jane Mount
Jamise Harper and Jane Mount MULTIPLE Jamise Harper and Jane Mount are renowned authors known for their compelling literary works. Harper, an avid reader, uses her platform to uplift diverse voices. ...
The Kikuyu Produce the Brightest Children on Earth
The Kikuyu Produce the Brightest Children on Earth Author Interviews More about Facing Mount Kenya by Jomo Kenyatta: https://aalbc.com/books/bookinfo.php?isbn13=9780394702100 More about Awakening the ...
Jane Mount
Jane Mount 0000000371396068 Jane Mount is a multi-talented illustrator, designer, and writer who founded Ideal Bookshelf in 2008, a company dedicated to bibliophiles. She presently resides in a Hawai...
Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya
Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain’s Gulag in Kenya Caroline Elkins 9780805080018 Nonfiction Holt McDougal Macmillan Publishers Imperial Reckoning is the winner of the 2006 Pulitzer Prize...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Ngugi Wa Mirii
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Ngugi Wa Mirii MULTIPLE Born in Kenya in 1938, Ngugi wa Thiong’o is a leading East African novelist, essayist, playwright, and academic. Educated in Kenya, Uganda, and Britain, ...
Kenya Hunt
Kenya Hunt NONE Kenya Hunt, Fashion Director at Grazia UK, has a vast career in media, working with top women's titles in the US and UK. An accomplished writer, her work is featured in various public...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Timothy J. Reiss
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and Timothy J. Reiss MULTIPLE Ngugi wa Thiong’o, born in Kenya 1938, is a leading East African novelist, educated in Kenya, Uganda, and Britain. A recipient of seven Honorary Doctor...
The Green Belt Movement: Sharing The Approach And The Experience
The Green Belt Movement: Sharing The Approach And The Experience Wangari Maathai 9781590560402 Nonfiction Lantern Books Lantern Books Wangari Muta Maathai was born in Nyeri, Kenya in 1940. In 1960, sh...
Barrel of a Pen: Resistance to Repression in Neo-Colonial Kenya
Barrel of a Pen: Resistance to Repression in Neo-Colonial Kenya Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 9780865430020 Nonfiction Africa World Press Africa World Press & The Red Sea Press This book is a collection of essays...
Elliot Fratkin
Elliot Fratkin 0000000108584950 Elliot Fratkin, Professor Emeritus of African Studies & Anthropology at Smith College, is renowned for his extensive research on Samburu and Maa-speaking pastoralists ...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 0000000109301051 AALBC Mourns the passing of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o May 28, 2025 Kenyan-born Ngugi wa Thiong’o was a leading East African novelist, educated in Kenya, ...
Peter Kimani
Peter Kimani 000000004389720X Dr. Peter Kimani, a renowned African author and poet, has contributed to literature, journalism, and academia. Born in Kenya (1971), he began as a journalist, wrote seve...
Jomo Kenyatta
Jomo Kenyatta 0000000121015234 Mzee Jomo Kenyatta, born in 1897, was a prominent leader of African nationalism. He studied anthropology at the London School of Economics. As the first native-born Pre...
Bibliophile: Diverse Spines
Bibliophile: Diverse Spines Jamise Harper and Jane Mount 9781797211916 Nonfiction Chronicle Books Chronicle Books It’s time to diversify your reading list. This richly illustrated and vastly inclusiv...
Sacred Mountain: Everest
Sacred Mountain: Everest Christine Taylor Butler 9781620141618 Nonfiction Lee & Low Books Lee & Low Books Mount Everest — a place of mystery, majesty, and unparalleled beauty — rises into the sky high...
Beverly Daniel Tatum
Beverly Daniel Tatum 0000000082603083 Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum is a renowned psychologist and educator, known for her research and publications on race and education. She was the ninth president of S...
Mona Sutphen
Mona Sutphen 000000004776341X Mona K. Sutphen, a partner at Macro Advisory Partners LLP, is a former White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy in the Obama administration and an ex-American diplom...
The Boy and the Lion: A True Story of a Lost Maasai Boy Mysteriously Protected by a Wild Lioness
The Boy and the Lion: A True Story of a Lost Maasai Boy Mysteriously Protected by a Wild Lioness Mike Saito 9781957810423 Nonfiction Iskanchi Press Iskanchi Press A true survival memoir about a five-y...
Entangled Hearts: Volume I
Entangled Hearts: Volume I Yahrah St. John 9781648392047 Fiction Oliver-Heber Books Oliver-Heber Books One face… two hearts entangled… As America’s favorite singer, Chynna James has it all—beauty, fa...
Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic
Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic Kenya Hunt 9780062987662 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins A People Pick!"One of the year’s must-reads." -ELLE"[A] provocative...
Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic
Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic Kenya Hunt 9780062987648 Nonfiction Amistad HarperCollins In the vein of Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist and Issa Rae’s The Misadve...
The People of Ostrich Mountain
The People of Ostrich Mountain Ndirangu Githaiga 9781735041704 Fiction Bon Esprit Books Bon Esprit Books As the 1950s Mau Mau war breaks out in the foothills of Mt. Kenya, Wambũi, a fourteen-year...
Disgruntled
Disgruntled Asali Solomon 9780374140342 Fiction Palgrave Macmillan Macmillan Publishers An elegant, vibrant, startling coming-of-age novel, for anyone who’s ever felt the shame of being alive Kenya...
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor 0000000049060048 Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is a renowned Kenyan writer, recognized for her contribution to literature and arts in Kenya. She won the 2003 Caine Prize for her story “...
Stanley Gazemba
Stanley Gazemba 0000000045040728 Stanley Gazemba, born 1974 in Kenya, is a renowned author of three novels and eight children's books, with his work recognized by the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for fiction....
Lupita Nyong’o
Lupita Nyong’o 0000000065421480 Lupita Nyong'o, born March 1, 1983, is a Kenyan-Mexican actress. Raised in Kenya and educated in the U.S., she began her career in Hollywood, made her acting debut in ...
Ndirangu Githaiga
Ndirangu Githaiga NONE Ndirangu Githaiga, a Kenya-born, Virginia-based physician and author, uses the power of storytelling to change perspectives. His debut novel, The People of Ostrich Mountain, wa...
The Bridge
The Bridge Thumper Book Review The Bridge, the second novel by Solomon Jones, should blow open the doors that his debut novel, Pipe Dreams did not. I am getting excited simply remembering the book ...
Street Journeys
Street Journeys Kam Williams street-jouneys-movie-poster.jpg Film Review Street Journeys (2011) Director: Tracy Christian Kenya, 2011, Duration 58 min., English & Swahili In the he...
Almost by Design: A Novel
Almost by Design: A Novel Jenny Erlingsson Excerpt Chapter 1 These shoes would be the death of her. Or at least cause the demise of a few toes. Kenya Stewart sighed, admiring the way the heels refle...
Facing South to Africa: Toward an Afrocentric Critical Orientation
Facing South to Africa: Toward an Afrocentric Critical Orientation Molefi Kete Asante 9781498501569 Nonfiction Lexington Books Lexington Books em>Facing South to Africa is a bold synthesis of the idea...
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...
My Friend, My Hero: The Hero Book Series 1
My Friend, My Hero: The Hero Book Series 1 Jerald LeVon Hoover 9781734111033 Fiction Jerald L. Hoover Productions Jerald L. Hoover Productions Bennett Wilson has the world at his fingertips. One of th...
Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant Patrice Nganang 9781250118417 Fiction Picador Macmillan Publishers "Patrice Nganang’s dazzling novel [stands] in a league of its own, so different from the great majority of novels by A...
Church Boyz: Rod of the Wicked
Church Boyz: Rod of the Wicked H H Fowler 9781475185027 Fiction CreateSpace On-Demand Publishing LLC Imagine sharing the spotlight with a ruthless blackmailer, whose only intention, is to take all of ...
Back Of Mount Peace
Back Of Mount Peace Kwame Dawes 9781845231248 Poetry Peepal Tree Press Peepal Tree Press Characterized by a beautifully realized reciprocity between outer landscape and the characters’ inner worlds, t...
Marguerite W. Davol
Marguerite W. Davol NONE Marguerite W. Davol, a former teacher at Gorse Child Study Center, Mount Holyoke College, is an acclaimed author known for children's books like Heart of the Wood, How Snake ...
Frankie Lennon
Frankie Lennon NONE Frankie Lennon is a creative writer, teacher, and jewelry designer from Knoxville, Tennessee. She holds a B.A. in English and an M.A. in Creative Writing from Indiana University. ...
Hugh Holton
Hugh Holton NONE Hubert “Hugh” Holton, son of a police officer, was a prolific author who passed away in 2001. Raised in Woodlawn, he attended Saint Anselm elementary school and Mount Carmel high sch...
Ilyasah Shabazz
Ilyasah Shabazz 000000004150744X Ilyasah Al-Shabazz, community organizer, activist, and daughter of Malcolm X, advocates for at-risk youth and interfaith dialogue. She's developed programs promoting ...
Jacqueline Jones LaMon
Jacqueline Jones LaMon NONE Jacqueline Jones LaMon is an award-winning author and poet. An educator at Adelphi University, she holds degrees from Mount Holyoke College, UCLA School of Law, and Indian...
Joan Potter
Joan Potter NONE Joan Potter is a co-author of three books, a prolific article writer, and an essayist featured in anthologies and literary journals. She's also a memoir workshop instructor based in ...
Lenard D. Moore
Lenard D. Moore 0000000079037447 Lenard D. Moore is a celebrated poet, anthologist, and U.S. Army Veteran, known globally for his works published in 15+ countries and translated into multiple languag...
Wangari Maathai
Wangari Maathai 0000000121279889 “You cannot enslave a mind that knows itself, that values itself, that understands itself.” Dr. Wangari Maathai was a renowned Kenyan environmental, politi...
Black Refigurations: Facing, Naming and Voicing in African-American Literature, Volume III
Black Refigurations: Facing, Naming and Voicing in African-American Literature, Volume III Kimberly W. Benston 9781785278730 Nonfiction Anthem Press Anthem Press Black Configurations is the first volu...
Facing the Rising Sun: African Americans, Japan, and the Rise of Afro-Asian Solidarity
Facing the Rising Sun: African Americans, Japan, and the Rise of Afro-Asian Solidarity Gerald Horne 9781479848591 Nonfiction New York University Press New York University Press The surprising alliance...
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man
Facing Frederick: The Life of Frederick Douglass, a Monumental American Man Tonya Bolden 9781419725463 Nonfiction Abrams Books for Young Readers Abrams Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) is best known for...
Tragic Soul-Life: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Moral Crisis Facing American Democracy
Tragic Soul-Life: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Moral Crisis Facing American Democracy Terrence L. Johnson 9780195383980 Nonfiction Oxford University Press, USA Oxford University Press Contemporary debates o...
All My Sisters and Me
All My Sisters and Me Sheryl Lister 9781400245864 Fiction Harper Muse HarperCollins Instead of growing closer over the years, sisters-in-law Giselle, Kenya, Chanel, and Nichelle are more distant than ...
Almost by Design: A Novel
Almost by Design: A Novel Jenny Erlingsson 9780800747756 Fiction Fleming H. Revell Company Baker Publishing Group A botched promotion, an awkward reunion, and a fake-dating scheme they never planned t...
Let’s Get Together
Let’s Get Together Brandy Colbert 9780063092488 Fiction Clarion Books HarperCollins Boston Globe–Horn Book Award–winning author Brandy Colbert gives The Parent Trap a fresh, funny, and delightfully un...
Entangled Hearts: Volume II
Entangled Hearts: Volume II Yahrah St. John 9781648392054 Fiction Oliver-Heber Books Oliver-Heber Books One face…two hearts entangled… Mega superstar singer Chynna James has found the voice she’d forg...
Dreams from My Father (young adult version): A Story of Race and Inheritance
Dreams from My Father (young adult version): A Story of Race and Inheritance Barack Obama 9780385738729 Nonfiction Delacorte Press Penguin Random House Now adapted for young adults—the AALBC and #1 Ne...
Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest
Dr. Wangari Maathai Plants a Forest Rebel Girls 9781733329217 Fiction Rebel Girls Rebel Girls From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes a historical novel based on the life of Dr. Wan...
Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir
Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 9781620973332 Fiction The New Press The New Press A New York Times Editors’ Choice"A welcome addition to the vast literature produced by jai...
The Mantle Proudly Publishes Authors From “Shithole Countries”
The Mantle Proudly Publishes Authors From “Shithole Countries” Troy Johnson Article Short stories from Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Botswana, and Malawi: Gambit: Newer African Writing The only ant...
Forbidden Fruit
Forbidden Fruit Stanley Gazemba 9780998642307 Fiction The Mantle The Mantle Desperate to make ends meet, Ombima commits a “harmless” crime. When he tries to conceal his misdeed, the simple farm labore...
Dance of the Jakaranda
Dance of the Jakaranda Peter Kimani 9781617754968 Fiction Akashic Books Akashic Books Kimani reimagines the rise and fall of colonialism in Africa by telling the story of the birth of Kenya’s railroad...
An Obama’s Journey: My Odyssey Of Self-Discovery Across Three Cultures
An Obama’s Journey: My Odyssey Of Self-Discovery Across Three Cultures Mark Obama Ndesandjo 9781493007516 Nonfiction Lyons Press Lyons Press In this revealing and beautifully written memoir, Mark Obam...
Kikuyu Women, the Mau Mau Rebellion, and Social Change in Kenya
Kikuyu Women, the Mau Mau Rebellion, and Social Change in Kenya Cora Ann Presley 9781580730471 Nonfiction Black Classic Press Black Classic Press Based on rare oral data from women participants in the...
Factors Influencing Career Choice of Secondary School Students, Kenya
Factors Influencing Career Choice of Secondary School Students, Kenya Sam Chege 9783659187674 Nonfiction Lambert Academic Publishing Lambert Academic Publishing
One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir
One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir Binyavanga Wainaina 9781555975913 Fiction Graywolf Press Graywolf Press *A New York Times Notable Book**A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice**A ...
Dreams In A Time Of War: A Childhood Memoir
Dreams In A Time Of War: A Childhood Memoir Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 9780307378835 Nonfiction Pantheon Books Penguin Random House By the world-renowned novelist, playwright, critic, and author of Wizard of t...
Mama Miti
Mama Miti Donna Jo Napoli 9781416935056 Fiction Paula Wiseman Books Simon & Schuster, Inc. NAACP Image Award Nominee “In a word, stunning.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Through artful prose and bea...
Troy's Really Cool African Adventure
Troy's Really Cool African Adventure Troy Johnson Article Kenya http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=133389&id=620627049&l=acae84f3a9 Ghana http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=1320...
Unbowed: A Memoir
Unbowed: A Memoir Wangari Maathai 9780307275202 Nonfiction Anchor Penguin Random House In Unbowed, Nobel Prize winner Wangari Maathai recounts her extraordinary journey from her childhood in rural Ken...
Petals Of Blood
Petals Of Blood Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o 9780143039174 Fiction Penguin Classics Penguin Random House The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this ferven...
Joan Sikand
Joan Sikand NONE Joan Sikand is a lawyer and poet based in Nairobi, Kenya, where she lives with her husband. Joan Sikand is a poet and lawyer. She and her husband reside in Nairobi, Kenya
Sam Chege
Sam Chege NONE Sam Chege is a Kenya-born Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communications at Kansas State University. He moved to the US in his thirties and has lived there for 20 years. Sam...
Aliona L. Gibson
Aliona L. Gibson NONE Aliona L. Gibson is an author and filmmaker with a passion for creativity and service. She published her first book, Nappy, and later the self-published For Black Writers. Inspi...
Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ
Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ 0000000048742231 Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ, an acclaimed novelist, poet, and essayist, is an Assistant Professor of English at Cornell University. He was shortlisted for the Caine Prize and Pen...
John S. Mbiti
John S. Mbiti 0000000110268607 “The Father of Contemporary African Theology... Canon John Samuel Mbiti, a Kenyan-born Anglican priest, is a renowned theologian, educator, and author. Formerly a...
Mona Ombogo
Mona Ombogo 0000000062004139 Kenyan author and scriptwriter, Mona Ombogo, is known for her award-winning films and novels. With a global education and exposure to diverse cultures, her work addresses...
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...
Darshana Khiani
Darshana Khiani NONE Darshana Khiani is a Kenya-born author and engineer, now based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Known for her advocacy for South Asian children's literature, she delights in educat...
The Boys of Baraka
The Boys of Baraka Kam Williams the_bo3.jpg Film Review Kenya as Alternative to Mean Streets of Baltimore The Boys of Baraka Directed by Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady Genre: Documentary Runtime: 8...
Facing the Rising Son
Facing the Rising Son Kelly J. Baptist 9780063456686 Fiction HarperCollins HarperCollins Fans of Jason Reynolds’ As Brave as You and Kwame Alexander’s Solo will love this debut YA coming-of-age novel ...
Four Eids and a Funeral
Four Eids and a Funeral Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 9781250890122 Fiction Square Fish Macmillan Publishers Ex-best friends must work together in this romantic story of rekindling and rebuilding, from award-...
August Lane
August Lane Regina Black 9781538767528 Fiction Grand Central Publishing Hachette Book Group From the author of The Art of Scandal comes a small town romance about the visibility of Black women’s voice...
Prom Babies
Prom Babies Kekla Magoon 9781250806253 Fiction Henry Holt & Company Macmillan Publishers A compelling, multi-generational novel from the Coretta Scott King and Printz Honor-winning author of How It We...
Far Beyond Gold: Running from Fear to Faith
Far Beyond Gold: Running from Fear to Faith Sydney McLaughlin 9780785297994 Nonfiction Thomas Nelson HarperCollins Christian Publishing What fears are standing in your way or holding you back? How do ...
This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown
This Boy We Made: A Memoir of Motherhood, Genetics, and Facing the Unknown Taylor Harris 9781948226844 Nonfiction Catapult Catapult Finalist for the 2023 Southern Book Prize A Black mother finds he...
The Price of Paradise: The Costs of Inequality and a Vision for a More Equitable America
The Price of Paradise: The Costs of Inequality and a Vision for a More Equitable America David Dante Troutt 9781479828807 Fiction New York University Press New York University Press American communiti...
Black Girls and Adolescents: Facing the Challenges
Black Girls and Adolescents: Facing the Challenges Marian Wright Edelman 9781440830532 Nonfiction Praeger Publishers Greenwood Publishing Group This one-of-a kind book challenges the current thinking ...
Black Men Rock
Black Men Rock Michael Taylor 9780964189485 Nonfiction Creation Publishing Group Creation Publishing Group If you pay attention to our media you may have concluded that there is a black male crisis in...
Space Chronicles: Facing The Ultimate Frontier
Space Chronicles: Facing The Ultimate Frontier Neil deGrasse Tyson 9780393082104 Nonfiction W. W. Norton & Company W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. A thought-provoking and humorous collection on NASA and ...
In Nobody’s Backyard: The Grenada Revolution in its Own Words Volume II: Facing the World
In Nobody’s Backyard: The Grenada Revolution in its Own Words Volume II: Facing the World Tony Martin 9780912469140 Nonfiction The Majority Press Black Classic Press "Volume I contains an introducti...
Soraya Palmer
Soraya Palmer NONE Soraya Palmer is a writer and licensed social worker who advocates for survivors of gender-based violence who are facing criminal charges related to their abuse. Soraya Palmer is a...
Robert Jackson
Robert Jackson 000000003829384X Robert Jackson, author of “The No More Excuses Curriculum,” is a renowned speaker, educator, and consultant specializing in issues facing African-American and Latino s...
Elizabeth White
Elizabeth White 0000000114807460 Elizabeth White is a Harvard and Johns Hopkins-educated author, aging advocate, and adjunct professor. She specializes in financial jeopardy and uncertain work situat...
Doni Glover
Doni Glover NONE Doni Glover is the founder of the Original Black Wall Street SERIES and blackwallstreetnews.com. He's an influential voice in Maryland's black community, often sought for insights on...
Parishioner: A Novel
Parishioner: A Novel Walter Mosley 9780802168092 Fiction Atlantic Crime Grove Atlantic, Inc. Xavier Rule Mysteries, Book 1 “Walter Mosley is on my Mount Rushmore of crime fiction.”—S.A....
The Unhaunting
The Unhaunting Micaiah Johnson 9798217181131 Fiction G.P. Putnam’s Sons Penguin Random House Award-winning author Micaiah Johnson delivers a chilling supernatural novel in which a mysterious house pro...
The 17th Annual African American Children's Book Fair
The 17th Annual African American Children's Book Fair The 17th Annual African American Children's Book Fair THE 17TH AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN'S BOOK FAIR READS ON The 17th Annual A...
ABA Reception
ABA Reception ABA Reception Exhibitors Journal 2006 Special AALBC.com Promotion African American Pavilion C&B Books Sponsoring Authors "New Title" Showcase Participant Bios General BEA...
3rd Blackboard Midwest Music & Book Fest.
3rd Blackboard Midwest Music & Book Fest. 3rd Blackboard Midwest Music & Book Fest. ***PLEASE FORWARD*** For more information, contact Cherlyn Michaels @ info@archlandbooks.com or by phon...
Bemused
Bemused Farrah Rochon 9781368098700 Fiction Disney Press Disney Publishing Worldwide The untold origin story of the 5 Muses from Disney’s Hercules is revealed in this rollicking YA fantasy filled with...
Before the Mango Ripens
Before the Mango Ripens Afabwaje Kurian 9781950539994 Fiction Dzanc Books Dzanc Books In Rabata, everyone has secrets—especially since the arrival of the white American missionaries. Twenty-y...
A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune
A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune Noliwe Rooks 9780593492420 Nonfiction Penguin Press Penguin Random House An intimate and searching account of the life and le...