Black Girl Finance: Let's Talk Money

by Selina Flavius

'This accessible and non-preachy guide [...] is the finance guide you'll keep passing around your friends' COSMOPOLITAN'Reading Black Girl Finance has given me a thorough reminder of what I need to do to get my finances in tip top shape for 2021. It's a guide I keep close to me' - BOLA SOL'A quick, easy read with practical advice and tips' - ELIZABETH OGABI, founder of For Working LadiesSTART FINANCIALLY THRIVING WITH BLACK GIRL FINANCEWe don't like getting real about money, do we? We think maths, we think spreadsheets, we think boring. But Selina Flavius, founder of Black Girl Finance, wants to show that there can be another, better way. A way to start making our hard-earned money work even harder for us.Selina Flavius created Black Girl Finance to address the unique difficulties Black women face due to the gender and ethnicity pay gaps. Since we literally can't afford to wait for change, we need to start changing things up for ourselves. From challenging money mindsets to teaching key skills, such as how to set up an emergency fund and where to start with budgeting, investing and saving, Black Girl Finance provides a safe space for a community of unapologetic, ambitious, money-minded women to get real about their finances.Kick-start your financial journey with Black Girl Finance - the first financial guide of its kind. Packed with tips, tricks and tools, as well as statistics, personal stories, goal-setting exercises and straight-talking advice, this will be your go-to helping hand when it comes to making your financial goals a reality.

115 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 21, 2021

Reviews

[Pebi_books · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the book I needed to assure me it's not so bad over there by the finance books!
I was skeptical but I needed to see what the author had to say and especially to a black girl about her money.

Verdict: I'm initiated. I'm all for Black girl magic and black girl everything. And no, I won't be backtracking and collecting every finance book out there by white men. Give me the black girls I can relate to all day everyday.

The book is a tiny little pink book of magic. It consists of 10 chapters starting off with an introduction. Followed by:

Chapter 1: Money Mindset
Chapter 2: Budgeting
Chapter 3: Your net worth
Chapter 4: Your credit score
Chapter 5: Tackling debt
Chapter 6: Financial goals
Chapter 7: Saving
Chapter 8: Building an emergency fund
Chapter 9: Investing
Chapter 10: Assets
Conclusion

I'm giving it 5 stars⭐ because it wasn't technical and going over my head and the information was just what I needed in such a book.

The book will be available in South African stores in February.

#Gifted by @jonathanballpublishers

[Tanya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book and defiantly needed at a time like this. Personally for me I’m a good few years into my financial journey so the first half of the book was more of a reminder. The latter part of investments was what I needed had has given me to tools to dig around and to get some more information.

Worth a read if you are serious about changing your financial situation.

[esther · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for young adults starting out!

A great book for any young adult starting in life in the UK, simple to read and very relatable..
Thank you for blessing the universe with this guide.

[Sabby · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great tips to get your finances in order, the section on investing is a good introduction. We definitely need more guidance to help Black Women close the ethnicity and gender pay gap.

[M · Rating 5 out of 5]

It was a great read and a good overview with helpful resources.

[Ericka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book. I’m starting my financial journey and I found this book to be very reassuring and informative. I am now confident, and enthused with the new knowledge to equip me with my financial goals.

[Tasha Bailey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful, clear, accessible.

[Aysia Stephens · Rating 3 out of 5]

A good book that places emphasis on other people’s financial experiences, via case studies and includes the own author’s experience.

It was easy to relate to some of the scenarios in this book. (As I have in the past found myself in similar situations)

Most of the things advised in here, I am fortunately already doing. (That’s why I gave 3 stars as the intrigue for this book, for me reduced when I realised I was doing almost everything that was being advised) it is a great book for those that are completely in a mess with their finances.
The last chapters about investing and property buying, is where I lost a bit of reading interest, as I don’t currently earn enough to tap into these areas of finance. This however, is a book for me to keep and refer back to when I do reach a better financial income to allow me to invest.

I will be recommending this book to my young adult daughter and other people I feel will benefit from it.

As the author said, it’s about time we make a change to our financial management as black women.

[Leonor Albano · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book about personal finance. Anyone can read it. Very insightful, explores themes such as savings and budgeting. I’ll definitely revisit this book.