12. Black History Month with Alexis Milton
Description
A discussion about Black History Month, colourism and racism in books, the importance of reading Black authors, and book recommendations are featured in this episode.
Guest: Alexis Milton is a bookstagrammer, a book tuber, a book blogger and a book toker that highlights black individuals, events and books she classifies as “Unsung Blacks”.
Book Recommendations
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
Infants of the Spring by Wallace Thurman
The Streets by Ann Petry
Praise Sing for the Butterflies by Bernice L. McFadden
Yellow Wife by Sadeqa Johnson
Abena Maryan hosted a session at the just-ended Pa Gya Literary Arts Festival, which was organized by the Writers Project of Ghana (WPG).
Guests:
Kwame Brenya is an award-winning poet, a published writer, a Twi language teacher, and a traditional music artist with five (5) studio albums.
Kwame’s...
Published 10/23/24
This is a live recording from the just ended All African Book Fair
Guests:
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Published 10/22/24