The good book recommedation

Kunjufu · (#1 (**permalink**))

Forum: Please feel free to provide good book recommendations of Black, history or Concious books that you think will be a good and informative read..to newbies to this subject..

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I would recommend....

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

by Malcolm X and the late Alex Haleyniceone.gif

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Here is another one I think is a good read...

Before the Mayflower...A History of Black America

by Lerone Bennett niceone.gif

Kunjufu · (#4 (**permalink**))

Ashanti wrote:

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I would recommend....

The Autobiography Of Malcolm X

by Malcolm X and the late Alex Haleyniceone.gif

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I would wholly concur with ashanti on this recommendation, I found it insightful, sad and at times very very funny..loved that book..

chique · (#5 (**permalink**))

Hmm I was very close to buying this book by recommendation of a friend so now I think it will have to bo done. Thankyou Ashanti and Kunjufu blkhug.

Prince Hakeem · (#6 (**permalink**))

You guys NEED to check out this book by Earl Ofari. Even though it's based on an African American perspective it still has a universal application. I've had this book in my possession for a few years now and even though it's based on the demonisation of brothas, I feel that black women especially will benefit from it. You can purchase this book from Amazon UK too.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...ce&s=books

p.s. - Isn't it interesting that whenever something is produced to counter stereotypes and uplift black people there's always some ******* that goes out their way to trash it? Click on the link and read the first review.

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I cannot leave off this brother....

Doing What's Right: How to Fight for What You Believe--And Make a Difference

by Tavis Smiley

Fredblack · (#8 (**permalink**))

clp)Autobiography of Malcom X and must read by everyone. Well done Ashanti, beat us to the punch on that one..

Afro-American History By Malcom X

Enemies: The Clash of Races-Haki R Madhubuti[probably the best political writer and essayist of his generation].

LadyDay · (#9 (**permalink**))

kwese wrote: [quote]I agree with Ashanti

Every black person/person of colour MUSTread this book:

ROOTS By Alex Haley......its an education

Queen by alex haley is also worth a read as it is from the other parents history side of things.

Fredblack · (#10 (**permalink**))

clp) Kareem. The most inspiring speeches you will read from anybody this century or eariler. So inspirational will make you sweat if you have the intelligence, sensitivity and conciousness.

The greatest visionary and African leader. Ever. Described by Bob Marley as "Our Master, Mr Garvey".....The greatest son of Jamaica, the Founder of Modern Pan Africanism and Black Nationalism. The most influential African of all time..jamflag. The conceptual archiect of the United States of Africa and its Diasporan Dependencies.

Kareem, boy you dropping it hard core. Me, I wouldn't even mention this book for now, coz you got to get through some of the above texts first and get your head and heart around them first, before you can step up to the high grade stuff.....You may regret dropping that book, god only knows what you might set off...

While we are on the subject of Garvey a book which is better for giving the broader historical/political/cultural context and outling The Master's impact after his death is

'GARVEY AND GARVEYISM' By Amy Jaques Garvey and John H Clarke.....

Mafdet · (#11 (**permalink**))

The ones I was going to say "Hesaid" them already..in the link posted by Kareem..thanks Hesaid thats the shortest post I have ever written.blkthumbsupIf I think of anymore I am sure you and Kareem will post them for meblkbrukteet

Tahliba · (#12 (**permalink**))

Soledad Brothers, George Jackson

Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon

Black Skins White Masks, Frantz Fanon

Infact everything by Fanon

Conciencism, Kwame Nkrumah

Handbook of Revolutionary Warfare, Nkrumah

Africa Must Unite, Nkrumah

Infact everything by Kwame Nkrumah

Barrel of a Pen, Ngugi Wa Thiongo

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, Walter Rodney

From Capitalism to Slavery, Eric Williams

I Write What I like, Steve Biko

Fredblack · (#13 (**permalink**))

clp)@Kunjfu. Hey bro, after Talibah's list think the issue is almost done right here. Been surveying the books on the list to date. With the exception of a few eg the interesting anthropology text somebody recommended, which I need to check out, and Bell Hookes who was not around at the time in intellectual terms, and not of the weight of others included.

We now have the basic reading list for level 1 and 2 Conciousraising Classes which my organisation ran, and we educated and trained some damn good solidiers on that material. In fact I would swear Talibah is one of our crew given, I just scanned one of our old reading list and she has got one section almost verbatim. blkclapblkclapblkclap

Fredblack · (#14 (**permalink**))

Almost forgot some for those with a regional interest.

All classic works and back in the day if you hadn't read them not allowed to enter serious people, particularly Caribbeean radicals from the islands, look on you like you are ignorant.

1. "Black Jacobins", Toussaint L'Overture and The Hatian Revolution, CLR's seminal and classic work viewed as one of the greatest of its kind

2. "How Europe Under Developed Africa-Dr Walter Rodney. Amazing study".

3. "From Columbus to Castro" Dr Eric Williams, and "Capitalism and Slavery", very detail examination of the economics of slavery in the Caribben

4. Resistance and Slavery Vol 1 & 2 Dr Richard Hart. The most detailed study of African resistance in Jamaica, including the key military campaign in the North. Excellent studies.

5. "African and Caribbean Politics" Dr Manning Marable.
This is not what I would call one of the great classic texts, but a very important book.blkpg