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Whether or not we realize it, affirmations are already part of our daily dialogue with others and with ourselves. Whatever we speak, proclaim, or declare is coming from a place of belief and acceptance, that what we have said already is, or will be so. Unfortunately, not all of our affirmations are positive, and over time we get stuck into habits of affirming in our lives the very things we do NOT desire.

Avec pour toile de fond les bouleversements politiques du Nigeria des années 1980, le portrait inoubliable d'une femme qui fait le choix de la liberté... envers et contre tout. Yejide et Akin vivent une merveilleuse histoire d'amour. De leur coup de foudre à l'université d'Ifé, jusqu'à leur mariage, tout s'est enchaîné.

Ífè Myths presents one of the earliest English-language collections of Yoruba sacred stories—gathered directly from the people of Southwestern Nigeria during the author’s years of service as an Assistant District Officer. Living among Yoruba communities, the collector gained rare access to fragments of oral tradition, ritual incantations, and passing references that, when carefully assembled, reveal glimpses of the spiritual worldview that shaped one of Africa’s greatest civilizations.

Shining a light on the remarkable, untold stories of reconciliation in Rwanda since the genocide in 1994, Kill the Devil is a love story between a survivor and a perpetrator of genocide in a lesson for our times and for all time.

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.

Chameleon Aura presents a harmonious blend of experience and advice through a chaptered series of prose and poetry that focuses on shared experiences in love and loss. Chapata's touching narrative celebrates humanity for their biological resilience and undeniable worth. This collection leaves listeners warm with hope for growth, rebirth, and, most prominently, self-acceptance.

À la fin du XIXe siècle, Bilal Seck achève un pèlerinage à La Mecque et s'apprête à rentrer à Saint-Louis du Sénégal. Une épidémie de choléra décime alors la région, mais Bilal en réchappe, sous le regard incrédule d'un médecin français qui cherche à percer les secrets de son immunité. Ce chemin, Bilal l'emprunte à son tour, vers son pays natal, en passant par Djenné, la cité rouge, où vint buter un temps le voyage d'Ounifer et de son peuple.

L’inventaire des rêves, c’est avant tout la naissance de quatre grandes héroïnes, quatre femmes puissantes venues d’Afrique de l’Ouest dont les destins et les rêves se croisent. Chiamaka est une rebelle qui a déçu sa famille huppée du Nigeria, car au mariage avec enfants elle préfère vivre de sa plume, sans attaches.

In ärmlichen Verhältnissen im Süden Afrikas aufgewachsen, heiratet Mary einen Farmer. Doch das weiße Paar hat sich wenig zu sagen, und der finanzielle Ruin rückt Jahr für Jahr näher. Als ein schwarzer Farmarbeiter als Diener ins Haus geholt wird, wird Mary für ihr rassistisches Verhalten bestraft. "Afrikanische Tragödie" erzählt nicht nur die Geschichte einer missglückten Ehe, sondern demonstriert die erstickende Kraft kolonialer Herrschaft in Rhodesien, dem heutigen Simbabwe. Eva Mattes liest den 1950 erschienenen Debütroman von Doris Lessing, die selbst in Rhodesien aufwuchs und 2007 den Literaturnobelpreis erhielt.

A literary masterpiece that beautifully captures the vibrant colors of love, hope, and faith. Stephanie Zion’s "Reflections of a Woman of Faith" takes listeners on a spiritual journey filled with hope, healing, and solace. Stephanie’s words are a testament to the strength and beauty of the human spirit. With each poem, she delves deep into the depths of her own experiences, offering readers a glimpse into her soul.

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I want you to know that I see you. I want you to know that even if no one else does, even if you are a ghost in this bookshop, or just the static floating across the screen of your computer, wherever you’re reading this, I see you. I see you in the dark and I see you in the grey. I see you as a story, as words I have spoken or may yet speak. Maybe only in a memory or a dream. I see your hands and your arms and your body and your legs and your face and I see what you have been and what you will be.

In this never-before-published collection, poet Upile Chisala grapples with themes of love, loss, and desire. Throughout this third book, she explores her identity as a black Malawian woman, offering intimate reflections on her life and experiences, imparting a stirring, universal message of empowerment and self-love.

Truth spoken plainly and powerfully is difficult to dismiss and impossible to ignore. Edited with purpose by A. Gregory Frankson, AfriCANthology: Perspectives of Black Canadian Poets brings together some of Canada's most influential dub, page, and spoken word poetic voices and gives them space to speak freely about their personal journeys in piercing verse and unapologetic prose. Just as individual experiences of Blackness are diverse across Canada, each contributor recounts aspects of navigating their unique personal, professional, and artistic paths in Black skin.

The first genocide of the 20th century, though not well known, was committed by Germans between 1904-1907 in the country we know today as Namibia, where they exterminated thousands of Herero and Nama people and subjected the surviving indigenous men, women, and children to forced labor. The perception of Africans as subhuman - lacking any kind of civilization, history, or meaningful religion - and the resulting justification for the violence against them is what author Elizabeth R. Baer refers to as the "genocidal gaze", an attitude that was later perpetuated by the Nazis.

A well-meaning American diplomat in South Africa tries to pacify his ferociously combative wife and anti-apartheid activist son by being reassigned to The Hague. But peace is hard to come by and, at an elegant New Year's Eve party, a harrowing betrayal is revealed. Judith Ivey recreates her acclaimed performance from the Lincoln Center production in this masterful drama from the author of The Substance of Fire.

Mentre per le strade dell'Addis Abeba del 1974 si rovescia la rabbia verso le politiche dell'impero, Hailu estrae un proiettile dalla schiena di un ragazzo ferito a un corteo. Muove il bisturi con le mani autorevoli di chi è abituato a curare. La medicina gli impone efficienza, rigore, distacco. Eppure in quella sala operatoria Hailu pensa a suo figlio Dawit, forse coetaneo del paziente a cui cerca di salvare la vita. Forse anche lui tra i dimostranti furiosi che sfidano la milizia di Hailé Selassié impegnata a sedare i disordini.

An epic take on the white slave trade by Barbary pirates, centreing on the most famous buccaneer of the Salle Rovers—Jan Janszoon Van Haarlem. This novel-length narrative poem is set over six books, all interconnected but each telling its own separate and unique story.

Tales from the Eastern Cape, gathered in 1886.

The Journey Back is the blistering sequel to The Journey. Kalu is a doctor, who escaped an extremist revolution in Nigeria. He tried to get his family across the Sahara to look for passage to the safety of Europe but they were duped by ruthless people traffickers and his wife and two daughters were lost at sea. Fast forward twenty-years and his daughter, Kissie is in Ukraine when Russian tanks cross the border and his family are in terrible danger again.

From Malawian storyteller Upile Chisala comes a collection of poetry and prose exploring the self, joy, Blackness, gender, matters of the heart, spirituality, the experience of Diaspora, and above all, how we survive. Told in five parts, soft magic is a shared healing journey.