Cultural Literature
Cultural Literature
The Ancient Egyptian Prayerbook
A collection of translated prayers, hymns and rituals from hieroglyphic texts in honor of the ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses.
$19.95
Soul on Ice
The classic memoir that shocked, outraged, and ultimately changed the way America looked at the civil rights movement and the black experience. With a preface by Ishmael Reed • “As with Malcolm X, Cleaver’s book is a spiritual autobiography. An odyssey of...
$14.00
African-American Classics (Graphic Classics, Vol. 22)
African-American Classics presents great stories and poems from America's earliest Black writers, illustrated by contemporary African-American artists. Featured are "Two Americans" by Florence Lewis Bentley, "The Goophered Grapevine" by Charles W. Chesnutt, "Becky" by Jean Toomer, two short plays by Zora...
$17.95
The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution
While every schoolchild in America has heard of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Marquis de Lafayette little is known of the African-American contribution to the American Revolution.William Cooper Nell, a nineteenth century abolitionist, wished to reexamine our understanding of this...
$20.00
English Translation of the Message of The Quran Ahamed, Syed
No annotations or highlights. All pages and cover are intact. Spine and cover may show signs of wear.
$15.00
Introduction to African Civilizations
Timely, relevant, and illuminating, this essential book by respected cultural historian, teacher, and author John G. Jackson sheds long overdue light on standard Eurocentric and distorting approaches to the history of Africa from early African civilizations to Africa’s significance in...
$21.00
$16.00
Our Mecca Is Harlem: Clarence 13x (Allah) and the Five Percent + Supreme Lessons of the Gods
1 copy: Mecca Is Harlem: Clarence 13x (Allah) and the Five Percent
1 copy Supreme Lessons of the Gods
$16.00
Women, Race & Class
From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the women’s liberation movement and the tangled knot of oppression facing Black women.“Angela Davis is herself a woman of undeniable courage. She should be...
$16.95
Chaka
Chaka is a genuine masterpiece that represents one of the earliest major contributions from black Africa to the corpus of modern world literature. Mofolo's fictionalized life-story account of Chaka (Shaka), translated from Sesotho by D. P. Kunene, begins with the future...
$17.00
Sister To Sister Dimensions of a Woman
Poetic Expressions for the hearts of all women.
When every woman recognizes that she is a unique flower created by almighty god to beautify the earth's landscape, every living creature will rejoice.
$15.00
English-Yoruba Clothes Bilingual Children’s Picture Dictionary
About the Book: Learn types of clothing with this bilingual children's picture dictionary. English-Yoruba Clothes Bilingual Children’s Picture Dictionary
$10.90
ENGLISH LANGUAGE TO YORUBA LANGUAGE: Beginner friendly Yoruba language guide
"Explore the rich tapestry of the Yoruba language from Nigeria ✅🇳🇬 with 'Itumọ EDE GEESI si EDE YORUBA.' This comprehensive guide seamlessly bridges the gap between English and Yoruba, offering learners a practical and immersive experience. Whether you're a beginner...
$13.00
King Leopold's Ghost, 1st, First Edition
In the 1880s, as the European powers were carving up Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized for himself the vast and mostly unexplored territory surrounding the Congo River. Carrying out a genocidal plundering of the Congo, he looted its...
$15.95
Dictionary of the Yoruba Language: English-Yoruba, Yoruba-English (1913)
The Dictionary of the Yoruba Language: English-Yoruba, Yoruba-English is a comprehensive reference book that was first published in 1913 by the Church Missionary Society. The book is designed to help readers learn and understand the Yoruba language, which is spoken...
$41.95
Diasporas and Ethnic Identities in Africa: The Edo ne Ekue among the Northeast Yoruba, 1485–1995
$105.00
Diasporas and Ethnic Identities in Africa: The Edo ne Ekue among the Northeast Yoruba, 1485–1995
Despite the enormous work on diasporas relating to Africa, the majority of this work focuses on trade diasporas located in West African groups, only mentioning the pre-colonial period in passing. Therefore, there is a need to redirect research on diasporas...
$105.00
Dancing Wisdom: Embodied Knowledge in Haitian Vodou, Cuban Yoruba, and Bahian Candomblé
Concentrating on the Caribbean Basin and the coastal area of northeast South America, Yvonne Daniel considers three African-derived religious systems that rely heavily on dance behavior--Haitian Vodou, Cuban Yoruba, and Bahamian Candomble. Combining her background in dance and anthropology to...
$33.00
Butting Heads!: Testifying and Rescuing African Minds Worldwide With Traditional Yoruba Philosophy
$28.00
Butting Heads!: Testifying and Rescuing African Minds Worldwide With Traditional Yoruba Philosophy
This book serves as an intervention for African parents, educators, therapists, community leaders, and community program facilitators who either want to regain the cultural elements that were lost since the 1960s or who seek positive cultural values and mores that...
$28.00
Black Critics and Kings: The Hermeneutics of Power in Yoruba Society
How can we account for the power of ritual? This is the guiding question of Black Critics and Kings, which examines how Yoruba forms of ritual and knowledge shape politics, history, and resistance against the state. Focusing on "deep" knowledge in...
$44.00
Best of Both Worlds: Bilingual Yoruba/English Children's Book About Nigerian and Black American Culture
Join Tomisona and his parents as he explores his Nigerian and Black American culture through food, music, fun and more! Readers are sure to have fun learning the days of the week in this English and Yoruba book!
$12.98
Fiqh-us-Seerah: Understanding the Life of Prophet Muhammad by Muhammad Ghazali
Many books have been written about the life of the Prophet Muhammad (SAW). In writing this book, the author had a specific objective. He used the life of the Prophet (SAW) to go onto depth about the Prophet (SAW) many...
$67.99
The Holy Koran of the Moorish Science Temple of America
This is the Holy Koran of the Moorish Science Temple of America by the Noble Prophet DREW ALI. The quest for knowledge of self has always been the goal of people of color from the beginning of time; to know...
$14.00
The Kebra Nagast
The Kebra Negast is the holy book of Ethiopian Christians and Jamaican Rastafarians.
$15.95
Mohammed, The Prophet of Islam
Mohammed is the prophet of Islam, a religion of peace followed by millions of people from around the world. Paperback.
$11.00
$7.95
A-Z Animal Book for Children (in English and Yoruba)
The best way to teach your children the Yoruba language is by starting them with living things like animals. This book will teach your children the name of animals in the Yoruba language, beginning from the letter A-Z in English....
$10.00
Authentic Nigerian's Yoruba Cuisines: "Flavors of Nigeria: Exploring Yoruba Culinary Heritage"
$10.98
Authentic Nigerian's Yoruba Cuisines: "Flavors of Nigeria: Exploring Yoruba Culinary Heritage"
Discover the essence of Yoruba cuisine with " Authentic Nigerian's Yoruba Cuisines Recipes cookbook." This cookbook invites you to savor the rich flavors and heritage of Nigeria's Yoruba dishes, from the comforting Efo Riro to the sensational Amala with Gbegiri. Delight in...
$10.98
Attitudes Of Yoruba Muslim Communities: In Lagos State to HIV and AIDS
The main objective of this study was to examine the attitudes of Muslims in Lagos State to HIV and AIDS, including their level of awareness and enlightenment, capacity to show love, care and support for people living with HIV (PLWH),...
$85.31
At the Crossroads: Nigerian Travel Writing and Literary Culture in Yoruba and English (African Articulations, 7)
Shortlisted for the SAUK Fage & Oliver Prize 2020'Honorable Mention' for the ALA First Book Award - Scholarship 2021A path-breaking contribution to the critical literature on African travel writing.Throughout the twentieth century, Nigerians have been writing about their travels within...
$36.95
At the Crossroads: Nigerian Travel Writing and Literary Culture in Yoruba and English (African Articulations, 7) (Yoruba Edition)
This is the first book to examine the production of Nigerian travel narratives about Nigeria in the century from colonization to independence. Rebecca Jones argues that we can read these texts both as the products of a local Nigerian print...
$233.00
Aspects of Complementization in Àkúrẹ́ Yorùbá (Paperback)
This work discusses the Aspects of Complementization in Àkúrẹ́ dialect of Yorùbá (a Niger-Congo language spoken in West Africa). It has its view on two constructions namely: interrogative and focus constructions. The motive of the study is to show the...
$88.00