Mysteries and thrillers set in Africa that are as good as Kwei Quartey’s are remarkably rare. In colonial-era mysteries, plots...
The theme of the 8th edition of Ake Arts and Book Festival is Black Magic. Whilst envisioning a proud and...
The 200-year-old Lovedale Press is kept alive by the dedication of its owners, who work without pay. But if funding...
Reading is one of the best ways to learn different stories about different people. What better way to connect with...
When kids teased Sidney Keys III about his stutter, he would pick up a book and got lost in its...
Favourite book ever– ‘The House of the Spirits’ by Isabel Allende Why? – It’s a lyrical, magical, and beautiful story....
Ezra Jack Keats’s picture book is the most checked-out volume of all time at the New York Public Library. A...
Liberation Station’s “Black Lit Library,” a pop-up library created to be a safe reading space for children of color, was...
Ten poetry books that illuminate a decade’s struggles Occupy Wall Street. The Peoples Climate March. The Women’s March. Black Lives...
Copleston High School is donating books to the Futurestars charity for children to in Ghana to make use of. Left...
The Harlem-based author, who grew up in Columbus, explored the history of the “Green Book,” a guide for black travelers...
I was a biracial child in the 1980s. So, growing up, there weren’t a lot of picture books that had...
