Nneka M. Okona 🇳🇬 Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Wandering the world researching & writing about Black culture 🌍 〰️ Founder @thosewhosoar 〰️ rep: @RhetoricAndThis / @JanklowNesbit 〰️ A force 💥
Addy: A Heart Full of Hope
Connie PorterNneka M. Okona 🇳🇬I met Connie Porter at a book signing as a little girl. A few years ago, I wrote a piece for @byshondaland about what Addy’s books meant to me & so many other Black little girls. I found Connie on FB, shared my piece & thanked her. Then she thanked ME. We’re now FB friends. 💖 https://t.co/NRauNYK5jH
Paperback, 2020
$7.99Member price:$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Addy: Finding Freedom
Connie PorterNneka M. Okona 🇳🇬Speaking of Addy, I wrote a piece for @byshondaland years ago about how those books impacted me as a little Black girl growing up in the South. I connected with the author on Facebook (Connie Porter is still alive!) & that meant so much to me. 💖 https://t.co/n6NDiSlLSv
Paperback, 2020
$7.99Member price:$3.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir
Akwaeke EmeziNneka M. Okona 🇳🇬Currently reading @azemezi’s Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir. ⚡️ https://twitter.com/artistswewillbe/status/1469015564563718156
Paperback, 2022
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Self-Care for Grief: 100 Practices for Healing During Times of Loss
Nneka M. OkonaNneka M. Okona 🇳🇬I spy my book SELF-CARE FOR GRIEF. 👀💞 https://twitter.com/booksatbluebird/status/1470805268665667587
Hardcover, 2021
$15.99Member price:$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Black Widow: A Sad-Funny Journey Through Grief for People Who Normally Avoid Books with Words Like Journey in the Title
Leslie Gray StreeterNneka M. Okona 🇳🇬Happy to announce my virtual book launch event—I’ll be in conversation with the brilliant @LeslieStreeter author of hilarious, heart-stirring BLACK WIDOW. Hosted by @ModernLoss. Registration details in the next tweet. #SelfCareforGriefBook https://t.co/09ElUIBhKG
Paperback, 2021
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Big Sea: An Autobiography
Langston HughesNneka M. Okona 🇳🇬Visited the library in Alexandria where in 1939 five Black men & boys participated in a library sit-in, reading books quietly when denied library cards bc the library was segregated. There, I read a chapter of Langston Hughes THE BIG SEA abt his travels to Italy. Fed my soul. ✨ https://t.co/o22sNR6PN9
Paperback, 1993
$20.00Member price:$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book