In addition to emphasizing books on Black resilience, noteworthy memoirs and some of the most anticipated fiction from Black authors, Black History Month is an opportunity to learn about African ...

Olaudah Equiano's (c. 1745–1797) much anthologized autobiography is one of the earliest by an English-speaking person of African descent. But was it wholly truthful in its self-portrayal? Carretta, a ...

There are relatively few detailed, firsthand accounts of the 12 million Africans captured and forcibly transported to the Americas in the 400 years of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. Of the 10 million ...

You are never alone in this world. Reach out and you can always get help. Look around and you’ll find company. Pick up one of these great books and you’ll read about someone whose life was fascinating ...

Joel Kibazo, Chairman of the Judging Panel for this year, is a Ugandan staff reporter on the 'Financial Times' in London, where he covers markets and African finance. He has reported from several ...