Afro


I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
Americanah
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
The Color Purple
Purple Hibiscus
Women, Race & Class
Beloved
Kindred
The Hate U Give
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Bluest Eye
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Passing
Giovanni’s Room
Half of a Yellow Sun
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass12 Years a Slave by Solomon NorthupKindred by Octavia E. ButlerRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorQueenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Black People on the Cover
437 books — 25 voters
That Time I Got Drunk and Saved a Demon by Kimberly LemmingThe Problem with Dating by Brittainy C. CherryA Legend in the Baking by Jamie WesleyDigging Up Love by Chandra BlumbergSweethand by N.G. Peltier
Cartoon Afro Girls On Romance Covers
185 books — 16 voters

The Icarus Girl by Helen OyeyemiGirl by Jamaica KincaidThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieBlack Panther & The Crew by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Afro hair
24 books — 7 voters

When and where there is repression, what a woman does when she gets dressed in the morning may be considered political. Wearing or not wearing a veil, disobeying laws that prohibit transgender dressing, or wearing a large Afro in an institution that seeks to diminish the formation of racial alliances are all actions that can serve as challenges to domination
Maxine Leeds Craig, Ain't I a Beauty Queen?: Black Women, Beauty, and the Politics of Race

Monica Millner
I feel that the kinks, curls, or tight coils in Afro hair is beautiful and unique. No other race on this planet has hair like ours - that makes me proud.
Monica Millner, Natural & Free: Journey to Natural Beauty

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