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Dear Philomena Mugabi Byenkya
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This is my debut novel and was a work of vulnerability, strength and purpose that addresses mental health, disabilities, sexuality, religion, gender and their intersections with blackness.
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Mugabi Byenkya
Kintu Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
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A Ugandan epic worthy of being a successor/Ugandan equivalent to Achebe’s Things Fall Apart.
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Mugabi Byenkya
Tropical Fish Doreen Baingana
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A powerful narrative on sexual assault told through three sisters which parallels the experience of far too many black femmes.
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Mugabi Byenkya
March Volumes 1-3 John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
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Powerful graphic novel that gives a behind the scenes look at the civil rights movement.
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Mugabi Byenkya
A Small Place Jamaica Kincaid
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This book is so beautifully written + it does a wonderful job of illustrating the ways in which colonial contact is relieved/experienced in the everyday life/routine of a Caribbean tourism-based economy // it made me think of the ways in which my mother and father grew up in (ex) colonies and how my daily encounters with whiteness reiterate the violence of colonialism.
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nènè myriam konaté
I Have To Live Aisha Sasha John
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I just read this book last week in a moment when I was feeling overwhelmed/exhausted and I feel like it called me back into my body + put things into perspective // it was like before reading it I had briefly lost sight of how important my body is, of what I actually need to sustain me // it made me realize that all the things I was feeling overwhelmed by were transient + that even after these things passed I would have to live and it made me ask myself ~how~ I want to live.
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nènè myriam konaté
Homegoing Yaa Gyasi
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This book made me think of the power of ancestry + the importance of intergenerational exchange(s) // I cried so much as I read this book because it felt like the author had reached inside me and hugged a part of me that I didn't even know existed // I didn't know how much I needed to read Homegoing until I read it, it made me think of my parents and what cosmic energy might have brought them together + of how memories of the transatlantic slave trade haunt our collective subconscious // but most importantly it made me think of the various modes of resistance adopted by my ancestors that made my very existence possible.
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nènè myriam konaté
Any Known Blood Lawrence Hilli
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It really helped reassure my black identity as a mixed race youth who was struggling with racial identity.
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Andre Fenton
The Hate You Give Angie Thomas
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas is a very good book right now. It's an honest book. The dialogue, pop culture references, and the honesty really makes me feel like I'm represented within the book. It has some heavy content, but it's an important read.
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Andre Fenton
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcolm X and Alex Haley
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The Autobiography of Malcolm X really opened my eyes to oppression, and the normalization of white supremacy in society.
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Andre Fenton
Live From the Afrikan Resistance El Jones
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El Jones' Live From The Afrikan Resistance needs to be in every black youth's life. El Jones's book influenced me with so much strength and resilience, and made me confident as a young black person.
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Andre Fenton
Kindred Octavia Butler
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I'm a huge fan of Butler's work, especially her centralisation of strong, complex Black female leads. I've gained so much wisdom from her novels, in particular this one. Her work asks questions such as when it comes to survival, what are you willing to sacrifice? How will you honour the legacy of your family, and must you, even if you decide to follow your own path? Beautiful, beautiful book.
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Daysha