Decolonization Books

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The Wretched of the Earth The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 33,661 ratings — published 1961
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Discourse on Colonialism Discourse on Colonialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.44 — 8,387 ratings — published 1950
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How Europe Underdeveloped Africa How Europe Underdeveloped Africa (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.40 — 8,814 ratings — published 1971
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Black Skin, White Masks Black Skin, White Masks (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 19,925 ratings — published 1952
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Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples (Paperback)
by (shelved 22 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.47 — 2,024 ratings — published 1999
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Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (Paperback)
by (shelved 21 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.35 — 3,021 ratings — published 1981
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
by (shelved 20 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.50 — 181,143 ratings — published 2013
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3) An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
by (shelved 19 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.37 — 21,147 ratings — published 2014
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Orientalism Orientalism (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.14 — 30,543 ratings — published 1978
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Pedagogy of the Oppressed Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.30 — 40,070 ratings — published 1968
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The Colonizer and the Colonized The Colonizer and the Colonized (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.19 — 2,038 ratings — published 1957
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Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.44 — 36,832 ratings — published 2015
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A Dying Colonialism A Dying Colonialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 1,665 ratings — published 1959
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Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 1,274 ratings — published
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The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth The Red Deal: Indigenous Action to Save Our Earth (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.49 — 906 ratings — published 2021
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Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition (Indigenous Americas) Red Skin, White Masks: Rejecting the Colonial Politics of Recognition (Indigenous Americas)
by (shelved 11 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.43 — 962 ratings — published 2014
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From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai'i From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai'i (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.48 — 798 ratings — published 1999
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Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity (Paperback)
by (shelved 10 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.24 — 2,024 ratings — published 2003
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Decolonial Marxism: Essays from the Pan-African Revolution Decolonial Marxism: Essays from the Pan-African Revolution (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.51 — 576 ratings — published
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The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.55 — 10,791 ratings — published 2006
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As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock (Hardcover)
by (shelved 9 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.35 — 2,413 ratings — published 2019
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (Paperback)
by (shelved 9 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.26 — 104,228 ratings — published 1970
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As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance (Indigenous Americas) As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom through Radical Resistance (Indigenous Americas)
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avg rating 4.56 — 1,225 ratings — published 2017
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Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future (Hardcover)
by (shelved 8 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.49 — 2,957 ratings — published 2022
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Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.45 — 519 ratings — published 2014
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Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes Through Indigenous Science (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decolonization)
avg rating 3.78 — 2,102 ratings — published 2022
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The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.39 — 7,752 ratings — published 1938
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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus (Paperback)
by (shelved 8 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.05 — 96,723 ratings — published 2005
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Women, Race & Class Women, Race & Class (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.59 — 35,605 ratings — published 1981
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How to Be an Antiracist How to Be an Antiracist (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.36 — 120,294 ratings — published 2019
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.52 — 119,010 ratings — published 2010
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Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Hardcover)
by (shelved 7 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.37 — 101,611 ratings — published 2017
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On the Postcolony On the Postcolony (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.09 — 361 ratings — published 2001
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There There There There (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 231,068 ratings — published 2018
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Dancing On Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence, and a New Emergence Dancing On Our Turtle's Back: Stories of Nishnaabeg Re-Creation, Resurgence, and a New Emergence (Paperback)
by (shelved 7 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.52 — 598 ratings — published 2011
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Research Is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods Research Is Ceremony: Indigenous Research Methods (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.49 — 713 ratings — published 2009
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Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.22 — 9,568 ratings — published 2019
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Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 6,749 ratings — published 2019
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The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917–2017 (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.49 — 37,397 ratings — published 2020
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.53 — 41,846 ratings — published 1984
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.35 — 64,883 ratings — published 2020
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The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.40 — 919 ratings — published 2013
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All About Love: New Visions All About Love: New Visions (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.00 — 144,643 ratings — published 1999
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Un féminisme décolonial Un féminisme décolonial (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.33 — 3,010 ratings — published 2019
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Between the World and Me Between the World and Me (Hardcover)
by (shelved 6 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.40 — 371,828 ratings — published 2015
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Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 2,482 ratings — published 2018
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The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses The Invention of Women: Making an African Sense of Western Gender Discourses (Paperback)
by (shelved 6 times as decolonization)
avg rating 4.39 — 487 ratings — published 1997
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Are Prisons Obsolete? Are Prisons Obsolete? (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.51 — 31,080 ratings — published 2003
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Culture and Imperialism Culture and Imperialism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.19 — 5,886 ratings — published 1993
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Meena Alexander
“The act of writing, it seems to me, makes up a shelter, allows space to what would otherwise be hidden, crossed out, mutilated. Sometimes writing can work toward a reparation, making a sheltering space for the mind. Yet it feeds off ruptures, tears in what might otherwise seem a seamless, oppressive fabric.”
Meena Alexander, The Shock of Arrival: Reflections on Postcolonial Experience

Abhijit Naskar
“Decolonization Anthem -
Song of The Global South
(Sonnet 2616-2619)

Humanity is mightier than empires of apes,
life is braver than borders of the dead.
No one's undocumented on a planet built on loot,
champions of freedom are champions of truth.

We are children of the Global South,
not a lost cause or subjects of pity,
not tax breaks in a donor's ledger,
nor footnotes in whitewashed history.

Our lands are rich with brains,
our soil is rich with minerals,
our veins pulse with creation,
hearts bright with civilization.

They looted our gold,
then sold us "aid" -
they burnt our libraries,
then sold us "education."

Colonizers were the real cannibals of history,
out to civilize humans with far advanced society -
suffering of the South was not bad luck or destiny,
just the grand design of Manifest Atrocity.

Rise, O Peoples of Earth -
Rise till the looters fall.
Roar like Sonnets of Naskar -
Fire the fascists, free the world!

In every culture we carry the cosmos,
in every tongue we carry our home.
Our names are not doormats of empire,
our dust is larger than Greece and Rome.

Own your color, your accent,
own your stories, your theologies,
be proud of your sweat, your stubborn dignity -
for the North wrote itself as civilized,
but we, the Global South, authored humanity.

They told us, history is white,
holiness is western, progress is european -
but the hands that built the world,
with science, medicine, poetry,
philosophy, astronomy and mathematics,
were black, brown and indigenous.

Stand and burn the colonial syllabus,
disown the doctrines built on erasure -
rise and write like blood on fire -
write your anthem, write your future.

Rise, O Children of Earth,
no matter the color or culture,
you have more heart than ape empires,
more soul than parasites and vultures!

Burn the cartels, fire the fascists -
I lived my duty, now you be the Naskar.
Let the cosmos stand witness,
to the spark of human nature.”
Abhijit Naskar, With Love From A Blue Rock

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