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We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo

We Need New Names

NoViolet Bulawayo

298 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

2.0melissanyoni's review
fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Ghana Must Go by Taiye Selasi

Ghana Must Go

Taiye Selasi

318 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

3.0melissanyoni's review
fiction contemporary emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

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

Reni Eddo-Lodge

272 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

3.5melissanyoni's review
nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Dangarembga

Nervous Conditions

Nervous Conditions #1

Tsitsi Dangarembga

204 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

5.0melissanyoni's review
fiction classics historical literary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

63 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

4.5melissanyoni's review
nonfiction essays feminism informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
Home Body by Rupi Kaur

Home Body

Rupi Kaur

188 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

4.25melissanyoni's review
nonfiction feminism poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks

Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism

bell hooks

205 pages • first pub 1981 (editions)

5.0melissanyoni's review
nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

106 pages • first pub 1963 (editions)

5.0melissanyoni's review
nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Taking Up Space: The Black Girl's Manifesto for Change by Ore Ogunbiyi, Chelsea Kwakye

Taking Up Space: The Black Girl's Manifesto for Change

Ore Ogunbiyi, Chelsea Kwakye

320 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

4.0melissanyoni's review
nonfiction feminism race informative reflective medium-paced
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country by Amanda Gorman

The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country

Amanda Gorman

32 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

5.0melissanyoni's review
nonfiction poetry hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced