I'm a bookworm. I'm on a journey of self-discovery. I yearn for knowledge. These can be found in books. Maybe not so much self-discovery but the knowledge part is a definite.
I've taken this time to recommend some of my all time favourite books written by black authors.
- I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- The Colour Purple by Alice Walker
- Waiting to Exhale by Terri McMillian
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Rose That Grew From The Concrete by Tupac Shakur
- For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf by Ntozake Shange
- Dreams From My Father: A Story Of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama (America's first black president. Won office twice becoming the 44th and 45th President of the United States)
- The Autobiography Of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
- Roots by Alex Haley
- Native Son by Richard Wright
- Roll Of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
- Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Twelve Years a Slave by Solomon Northup
- The Autobiography Of Martin Luther King Jr by Martin Luther King Jr
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