African Memory

Tracking the Memory is primarily a collection of informative and personal stories about the different experiences of hunting. It is also the culmination of a boyhood enterprise of exploration and discovery that began on a farm in the Chipinga area of British colonial Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) during the mid-1950s, and continued along the banks of the majestic Sabi (Save) River, and lives to this day 65 years on as a lifetime career and passion of the author. Kevin Thomas is first a professional hunter but thankfully he is also a writer, and as such we have this collection of first hand accounts ...

“You have no idea who you’re dealin’ with here. He wasn’t just a slave for a few years; he was a slave most of his life. We don’t even know half his story.” The summer heat settled over the countryside like a weight that could not be lifted. Dust clung to everything—the roads, the fences, the air itself—and the land seemed to breathe in slow, tired rhythms, as if it had already given more than it could afford. By then, the country had learned to endure. Men stood in lines that stretched longer each week. Farms failed quietly. Families spoke in lowered voices about money that...

In The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer, singer-songwriter, actor, fashion icon, activist, and worldwide superstar Janelle Monáe brings to the written page the Afrofuturistic world of one of her critically acclaimed albums, exploring how different threads of...

In this bold and provocative book, historian Gregory Smithers investigates how African Americans have narrated, remembered, and represented slave-breeding practices. He argues that while social and economic historians have downplayed the significance of slave breeding, African Americans have refused to forget the violence and sexual coercion associated with the plantation South.

A masterful, moving novel about age, memory, and family from one of the literary icons of our time. Coming in March 2022 from Apple Plus , a six-part series starring Samuel L. Jackson Ptolemy Grey is ninety-one years old and has been all but forgotten-by his family, his friends, even himself-as...

Did the Yoruba people descend from heaven through Oduduwa? For centuries, Yoruba oral tradition has told of a sacred descent — a chain from the sky, sand scattered upon primordial waters, and the founding of Ile-Ife, the spiritual cradle of a civilization. But what does archaeology say? What does linguistics reveal? What does DNA research confirm? In The Real Origins of the Yoruba, Frederick Amakom brings together oral history, Ifa philosophy, political systems, archaeology, colonial historiography, and modern genetic science to answer one of Africa’s most important civilizational ...

The long-awaited memoir by the comedy legend and author of multiple New York Times bestsellers, a beautiful and mesmerizing book that reveals as never before his childhood in South Central Los Angeles, his time in the infamous Bloods gang, and how humor became his salvation. I learned a joke...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER New York Times bestselling author and country music superstar Jana Kramer reveals how she said goodbye, started again, moved on, and trusted God after her marriage came to a sudden end. The Next Chapter is Jana Kramer’s intimate and moving account about setting her life...

The sky isn’t just breaking; it’s remembering. After the Forge collapses, Ashiri Academy transforms into a battlefield of shattered legacies and stolen identities. As the toxic Indigo Shroud crawls across the mesas—stripping cadets of their combat forms, their first loves, and the very names they were born with—the air itself becomes a weapon of mass amnesia. In the chaos, Eshe Adenike is thrust into a crown she never sought: interim commander of a school turned war zone, where every decree from the Sapphire Throne feels like a noose and every faction demands a sacrifice. Tobi ...

In this “brilliantly original” and warmhearted novel, an old set of encyclopedias leads a young woman to a curious museum and one profoundly moving lesson: that every life is an extraordinary life (New York Times bestselling author Claire Mackintosh). Still reeling from the sudden death of...

A stunning portrait of an African princess raised in Queen Victoria’s court and adapting to life in Victorian England—based on the real-life story of a recently rediscovered historical figure, Sarah Forbes Bonetta. With a brilliant mind and a fierce will to survive, Sarah Forbes Bonetta, a...

What if the price of progress was your very existence? In the neon-lit depths of Lagos, where the privileged ascend and the forgotten fade, one truth remains—power is never given, only taken. The Red Veil refuses to kneel. Whispers of rebellion spark in the shadows, led by Dupe Oladipo, a warrior with nothing left to lose. But in a city where corporate giants rewrite history at will, can defiance be anything more than a dying ember? As NexCorps tightens its grip, the lines between loyalty and betrayal blur, and even memory is a weapon. What secrets lie buried beneath the chrome towers of ...

A debut family novel about four sisters growing up on the campus of the underfunded state mental hospital where their strong-willed mother serves as head of psychiatry. A richly moving story of sisterhood, loyalty, and mental health in America. "Mercy Hill—both the place and the people who...

"From book one, this series grips with masterful suspense and relentless intrigue. The protagonist's pursuit of justice is vivid and explosive, making for a truly captivating read. Adventure and danger at every turn!" – Daily Mail Book 1: The Phantom of The Congo Deep within the impenetrable rainforests of the Congo, a ruthless predator waits. When insurance investigator Jason Green arrives at a remote research station beneath Ngandu Mountain, what begins as a routine investigation quickly becomes a desperate fight for survival. Book 2: The Teeth of Giants Chinese crime syndicates are ...

Audiobook read by Grammy award-winning author, Blair Underwood In this moving biography and memoir, Blair Underwood, acclaimed star of film, stage, and television, pays homage to his mother, sharing her well-lived life, and key lessons learned as a fashion designer, mother, and soldier’s wife...

In Lagos, the dead usually stay dead. Unless they need a dress fitted by Friday. Efe Oladunni is a tailor who just wants to pay her rent. She keeps her head down in the chaos of Balogun Market, sewing lace and avoiding trouble. But trouble finds her at 2:13 a.m. when her phone buzzes with a WhatsApp message. It’s an order for a wine-colored lace gown. The problem? The client, Mrs. Shitta, has been buried for six months. Efe knows—she sewed the burial shroud herself. Terrified but broke, Efe sews the dress. By dawn, the gown appears on a fresh corpse in Tinubu Square. Now, the police are...

George M. Johnson, activist and bestselling author ofAll Boys Aren't Blue, returns with a striking memoir that celebrates Black boyhood and brotherhood in all its glory. This is the vibrant story of George, Garrett, Rall, and Rasul -- four children raised by Nanny, their fiercely devoted...

The gods don’t forgive oath-breakers. Kẹ́hìndẹ́ became one to remember his own name. In the flame-torn empire of Olájúmò, to forget is to serve, and to remember is a death sentence. Conscripted into the brutal Ember Academy, Kẹ́hìndẹ́ is marked as Afipa; a nameless vessel of inherited shame forced to bond with storm-serpents for a throne that erased his history. He is a boy stitched together by scars, haunted by the fading ghost of a sister he was made to forget. When an ancient, forbidden magic known as the Spiral awakens within his marrow, it offers the one thing the ...

Why are there hundreds of dark-skinned images of Mary and Jesus scattered across churches and monasteries in Europe? In Poland, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Georgia? Why does one of Christianity's most famous icons—the Black Madonna of Częstochowa in Poland—depict both mother and child with dark faces? And what do these mysterious images reveal about the origins of Christianity itself? For centuries, Black Madonnas have inspired devotion, attracted pilgrims, and puzzled historians. Found in churches, monasteries, and ...

A Yoruba-Inspired Romantasy of Elemental Magic, Memory’s Price, and Forbidden Bonds Where elemental magic demands memory’s price and forbidden romance forges a spark that could burn kingdoms. When jade lightning splits the dawn sky, Eshe Adenike’s world shatters. Marked by a flame she didn’t choose, she’s bound to the Talaka—a fate of elemental magic where every spark costs a memory. At Ashiri Academy, dragons guard obsidian towers and Yoruba chants weave through every spell. Eshe must endure brutal trials of power and survival. She finds an unlikely ally in Kehn—a storm-...