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Africana Philosophy from Ancient Egypt to the Nineteenth Century is the first volume in the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps series to bring listeners the story of Africana philosophy. This diverse topic is defined as philosophy emerging from and distinctively related to Africa or the African diaspora. The story starts at the beginning by asking what it would mean to engage philosophically with evidence left by prehistoric peoples of Africa, and proceeds to discuss the philosophical traditions of ancient Egypt, late ancient and early modern Ethopia, and Islamic philosophy in West Africa.

‘A vital work for our times’ IRENOSEN OKOJIE ‘Radical, gorgeous … a queer love song, honouring chosen family’ BIG ISSUE ‘Beautiful … this is prose worth spending time with’ MARIE CLAIRE ‘A gorgeously deeply humane book’ NICOLE DENNIS-BENN ‘A vivid, stirring revolution’...

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR! From the acclaimed author of Vagabonds!: an audacious and eye-opening exploration of cross-generational queer life in Nigeria. What makes a family? How is it defined and by whom? Is freedom for everyone? In Necessary Fiction, Eloghosa Osunde poses these...

An American airman has vanished. While embedded in a covert counterintelligence mission, Air Force Special Agent Devin Jackson is thrust into the center of a deadly power struggle between rival African warlords. What begins as a recovery operation quickly becomes a fight for survival—and for the truth of who Devin is and where his loyalty truly lies. The mission deepens when Devin places his trust in Kadijah, a Nigerian intelligence agent with secrets of her own. But Kadijah isn’t just hunting an enemy—she’s pursuing vengeance, and the cost may be far greater than either of them expects.

For fans of Behold the Dreamers, comes a compelling novel about a tightly bound Nigerian family living in Florida and the wounds that get passed down from generation to generation, from the author of the acclaimed Mr. and Mrs. Doctor. When 276 schoolgirls are abducted from their school in...

Ancestral Bloodline: The Black Crown presents an exploration of African heritage, spirituality, and the resilience of cultural identity through a powerful narrative lens. Rooted in the ancestral traditions of the Bamileke people of Cameroon, the story blends history, spirituality, and personal discovery, challenging listeners to consider the complex legacies of colonialism and the ongoing struggle to reclaim cultural heritage.

Sometimes we pass down tales from one generation to the next so that the memories of the past remain alive. But when what's foretold to come true starts to unfold before your very eyes, do you let what's written play out? Or do you rip a page out of fate's book and create your own destiny? These are some questions Meeko finds himself asking on Halloween night. When spooky things start happening after his beloved’s return to town.

From the Boardroom to the Bedroom is a perfect guide for high-achieving women that provides a step-by-step blueprint to achieve success in love and life. This empowering book will show you how to develop a strategy and a plan to cultivate connection through a heighten sense of self-awareness, improved communication and respect for the diversity in partnership.

Topaz now realizes why the saying "distance makes the heart grow fonder" rings true. Weeks have passed since the couple's Valentine's Day rendezvous, and Topaz has still been floating on cloud nine. That is, until the cloud evaporates, and a vicious fit of home sickness awaits in its place. Is Meeko's presence just the remedy the doctor prescribed? And when life throws them an unexpected curveball, how will the long distance couple be able to adapt and adjust?

It's Valentine's Day, and Topaz has had a hard time flying into the states to see Meeko. By the skin of her teeth, she gets a flight into the country that allows her to spend the last hours of lovers' day with her forever love, Meeko.

What is Divas of the Deepest Chocolate? A collection of memories and wishes brought about by seeing and knowing some of the best and most beautiful avatars of melanin-rich magnificence to grace this earth. Have you ever taken notice of the soft, delicious glow of a chocolate bar left too long in a car during summertime? Or perhaps the way a candy Easter Bunny gets “all over everything” if held too long between bites? All chocolatey and messy, but tasty and fantastic. I remember how unwilling I was to stop until all that sweet, brown goodness had been fully enjoyed.

The magical Holiday vacation that Topaz spent in Sunflower Falls has ended. Join her on her journey to say goodbye to the ones she loves the most. See what the future has in store for the lovely couple.

It's been a few days, and Topaz is still getting used to the changes that have taken place since she last visited her hometown. It's day three of the Sunflower Falls Holiday Festival, and Meeko is dead set on making sure Topaz enjoys the festival and her holiday away from work.

Two friends embark on a car ride that puts them on the road to reconnection and holiday cheer. The only reason Topaz is flying back into her hometown for the second time in a decade is because her job is forcing her to use the rest of her PTO time before the year is over. And how convenient is it she's landing back during the week of the town's 75th anniversary of the Sunflower Falls Holiday Festival.

Beautiful Black Boy Say You: Why God Hate Me and Love Pale More? is a poem about a young beautiful Black boy that questions God's reasoning for bringing him into the world as a dark-skinned male in a historically colorist climate.

Stand Up For Yourself Black Woman details the extraordinary heights Black women must achieve before gaining enough access and authority to speak up for themselves in spaces that "matter".

The book, "A Walk for Justice," Series one, captured the roller coaster life of a teenager, Chiagozie Chike, from Awgu in South Eastern Nigeria who, out of her desire and love to attain a university education, agreed to marry a man she barely knew. Her husband, Akachukwu Chike, after dutifully fulfilling the stringent requirements of marriage in this Igbo traditional society together with the requirements of marriage in the Catholic Church, turned her into an object of his insatiable sexual appetite.

Welcome to Littleton, a charming town nestled between rolling hills and endless fields, where something truly unique happens every day. The doctors and nurses here are all kids, but not just any kids—these are Little Black Doctors and Little Black Nurses, each with special talents and a passion for caring for animals.