Afro


Americanah
The Color Purple
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Purple Hibiscus
Women, Race & Class
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Kindred
The Hate U Give
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Bluest Eye
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Giovanni’s Room
Half of a Yellow Sun
The Thing Around Your Neck
The Girl Who Married a Skull by Kel McDonaldBalancing Act by Paula ChaseJustin by L.J. AlongeWhen You Were Everything by Ashley WoodfolkDjeliya by Juni Ba
Spotlight: Must Read Black YA/MG
70 books — 4 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

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
435 books — 24 voters

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

Alice Walker
Shug Avery sat up in bed a little today. I wash and comb out her hair. She got the nottiest, shortest, kinkiest hair I ever saw, and I loves every strand of it.
Alice Walker, The Color Purple

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