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Arrested in 1962 as South Africa's apartheid regime intensified its brutal campaign against political opponents, 44-year-old lawyer and African National Congress activist Nelson Mandela had no idea that he would spend the next 27 years in jail. During his 10,052 days of incarceration, Mandela wrote hundreds of letters to unyielding prison authorities, fellow activists, government officials, and, most memorably, his courageous wife, Winnie, and his five children. Now, 255 of these letters, a majority of which were previously unpublished, provide the most intimate portrait of Mandela since Long Walk to Freedom.

“The poet is endemic with life itself,” Will Alexander once said, and in this searing pas de trois, Refractive Africa: Ballet of the Forgotten, he has exemplified this vital candescence with a transpersonal amplification worthy of the Cambrian explosion. “This being the ballet of the forgotten,” he writes as diasporic witness, “of refracted boundary points as venom.” The volume’s opening poem pays homage to the innovative Nigerian-Yoruban author Amos Tutuola; it ends with an encomium to the modernist Malagasy poet Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo.

Amana hopes his dark secrets will never catch up with him. But when nearby villagers discover a mauled body near him, the residents assume the traveling monk is to blame. Amana suspects the grisly handiwork of a bloodthirsty, mythological creature. Determined to clear his name and catch the culprit, Amana follows the trail of bloody clues. When shadows from his own past tie in with the demonic attack, he's torn between his vow of pacifism and his duty to protect the defenseless.

Free-spirited innocence meets the dark and mysterious in this interracial romance. When Rain Handa's visa to join her fiancé in the UK is denied, she accidentally bumps into the visa officer, Darien Mitchell, who denied it. He is cocky and unapologetic. Her angry reaction to him is expected. What she doesn't see coming is the chemistry that surges between them. He is dangerous, and not just because falling in love with him would be stupid on a good day. He is dangerous because she is a good girl, trying to follow all the laws of life and he is the complete opposite.

Lara Johnson is coping with the emotional scars of losing both parents in a tragic incident and facing the challenges of starting a new school. Getting involved in a relationship isn't on her priority list. Certainly not this illicit desire for a man, who demands the best from her, yet leaves her breathless in his presence. All Ike Thomas wants to do is to keep out of trouble and get through the one year internship required for his degree program.

Kamali Danladi has sworn never to get married again. But his meddling mother is bent on hitching him to any eligible female that comes along to the next family gathering. There's only one thing for it. Get fake-hitched to his executive assistant. If anyone is more averse to marriage than he is, it's her. So they'll be perfect together. Or at least, they'll fake perfect together. Ebun Forson doesn't do families. She certainly doesn't do festivities.

After watching the movie Selma, seven-year-old Nashida was shocked about race relations in America. Her parents vowed to teach Nashida about her culture every Saturday to help her understand America's unruly past. Nashida shares history lessons and her museum experience with listeners.

For Kayla, it's not only a way of life, but keeping secrets is what's keeping her alive. Her boss, Ms. Wright is a walking soap opera in the flesh and is willing to deceive anyone in order to uphold her social status. Not only has she dragged Kayla in the middle of her drama, but Ms. Wright continues to add layers of treachery along with violence, which are things that Kayla didn't bargain for. Unfortunate for them both, not everyone is willing to continue in this twisted debauchery and it's only a matter of time before an unstable fortress becomes a pile of rubbish.

Catch up with the Essiens as they celebrate Christmas the very Essien way. Find out what's going on with Felix and Ebony, Mark and Faith, Tony and Rita, Kola and Tari, as well as Chief and Mrs Essien. Also get a sneak peek into Freddie's love life and upcoming story. As you've come to expect from the series, there will be some sexiness and surprises in this saga. Be ready for passion and romance in A Very Essien Christmas.

Marcus O'Neal sees nothing wrong with wanting two women at the same time. He feels that his charm and the power of the "D" will be the answers to Charlene Wilson and Keyshia Green's every prayer. Little does he know that Charlene has a few hidden secrets of her own that will bring more drama into the mix than Marcus has ever seen.

Bound to Passion is the prequel to the Bound series. When Christy Inemi-Spiff discovers that the man she vowed to love and honor has no such feelings for her, she's determined to cut her losses and move on with her life. A quick, quiet divorce is all she wishes for Christmas. However, Joshua has other ideas. He's not ready to walk away yet, especially when he doesn't understand why Christy wants out of their marriage. So he demands she spend a quiet Christmas on a remote African island with him, hoping they can salvage their relationship.

A sweet trilogy of lost and found loves in nature and nurture. The beauty of the African continent is told here in all it’s splendid detail. Carnal, fragrant, visual perfume graces these words as they lead you to where only your imagination can take you.

New York City's tough girl and Bronx native, Geena Samuels, is back with even more drama. She has left the drug game alone. Geena is refocused on getting herself back on track and healthy while taking care of her children and man. However, her one time allies have now become her enemies. Geena embarks on a deadly cat and mouse game in order to come out victorious. Get ready because the bait has already been left in the trap. Who will bite first? To find out Geena must encounter new friends and family members just as strong as her.

Welcome back to the infamous Twinkle Town suburbs where the lives of Sasha, Mel, and Deb continue to unfold. In part two, the sisterhood continues to blossom through good, bad, and unexpected times. What ever happened with Nick Harris? Will Sasha finally receive some well-deserved closure? Or will she forever wonder what happened to her husband? And now that Nick is gone, will she finally give Ken-Ken the chance that he’s been longing for? When we last left off, Ray-Ray and Mel were back in full stride and more in love than ever.

Three friends. Three challenges. Are they willing to risk everything for love? Life is good for ex-soldier turned entrepreneur Michael Ede. Or so he thinks. When his friends set him a challenge to exorcise the memory of a woman from his past, he expects it to be a walk in the park.

Living under the golden, shining material surface of the United States are millions of people who live in an openly hostile climate of oppression. Their existence has been going on for generations and it is a tragic state of affairs for once free people. The coming of the European to this continent was not a wondrous, happy event for the dark-skinned, free peoples already living, governing and thriving on this continent. Enslavement was their doctrine, oppression the heavy yoke of containment.

Remembering Zooneyville is a journey to an unknown kingdom that society shuns, disavowes, humiliates and hides in cities and towns across Amerikkka. This book is a social statement that will raise the hair on your neck, demand compassion and better solutions from government overseers. Remembering Zooneyville is the continuing struggle of the dark-skinned masses upon this continent against the high tide of oppression.

Sassy, successful Faith Brown has earned her place in the boardroom through hard work and sheer ambition. Making family is not on her agenda when there are businesses to develop and competitors to outdo. So when a casual affair with smooth and irresistible tycoon Mark Essien leads to an unplanned pregnancy, she's determined not to make the mistakes her mother made by living with a man just for the sake of her child.

Everythang Ain't Funny: Project Slang for a Hurtin' Thang, Life in the 'Jects is book two of the Unknown Kingdom Trilogy, which is a collection of poems, essays, and short stories that takes the listener into the cruel and unusual circumstances of project life. (i.e., ghetto life, the "hood", the 'jects....)

"Where does all the grief go when it's not tugging at your wrist?" Enyegue's debut collection is an ode to girlhood, to Blackness, to generational trauma, sexual assault, and mental health. This collection does not aim to heal anyone who listens to it, but instead help them confront their own healing. Rather than sugar-coated bullets that enter you lightly, these poems are designed to hurt.