Comorienne 🇰🇲 Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Africans in Harlem: An Untold New York Story
Boukary SawadogoComorienne 🇰🇲Check out my latest, highly influenced by @BkBoukary latest work, "Africans in Harlem: An Untold New York Story" ✨ https://t.co/OVbQJ8FCLN
Hardcover, 2022
$34.95$17.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Color of Creatorship: Intellectual Property, Race, and the Making of Americans
Anjali VatsComorienne 🇰🇲@_Zeets KJ greenes work touches on similar themes - his paper « Lady Sings the Blues » is really good. Also, Matthew Morrisons current canon of work around Blacksound in Musicology and Anjali Vats’ The Color of Creatorship.
Paperback, 2020
$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo
Zora Neale HurstonComorienne 🇰🇲@BtSquared2 Idk if I can “recommend” this read to everyone because it was tough for me to get through but truly life changing - Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon, where she interviews Cudjoe Lewis. I think you alluded to his descendants earlier, who still live near Africa City in Mobile.
Paperback, 2020
$17.99$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Reimagining Liberation: How Black Women Transformed Citizenship in the French Empire
Annette K. Joseph-GabrielComorienne 🇰🇲I do link to additional reading & resources on Black French history & culture for both English & French speakers, as well as some shows For literature: "Reimagining Liberation: How Black Women Transformed Citizenship in The French Empire" by Annette K Joseph-Gabriel
Paperback, 2019
$22.95$11.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Scenes from My Life: A Memoir
Michael K. WilliamsComorienne 🇰🇲In Scenes, Williams’s voice… leaps off the page and projects itself into the reader’s internal narrator, augmented by Sternfeld’s skillful execution of shaping numerous conversations between the two into narrative prose…It’s a powerful read that almost stuns you with its pathos
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop
Danyel SmithComorienne 🇰🇲Once again, if you haven't yet picked it up, I highly recommend folks pick up @danamo's Shine Bright. Such a rich text from one of the true GOATs at this music and culture ish.
Paperback, 2023
$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Autobiography of a Seaman: 2
George Butler EarpComorienne 🇰🇲Mia and Marcus may not be a real life couple, but the way that William Jackson Harper feels about Jessica and and her craft is exactly why we got the dynamic we saw onscreen in season 2 of #lovelifeonmax . A true mutual respect and love for each other as colleagues & friends. ❤️ https://t.co/eUOzyfVSen
Paperback, 2018
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Africa's Last Colonial Currency: The CFA Franc Story
Fanny PigeaudComorienne 🇰🇲Excited to dig into this new read. Africa’s Last Colonial Currency: The CFA Franc Story by Fanny Pigeaud and Ndongo Samba Sylla https://t.co/wMeUhl2HuR
Hardcover, 2021
$115.00$90.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)