2005-06
To Be Shared With All Generations
and All Cultures

Things Fall Apart: A Novel

by Chinua Achebe

Thursday, October 13, 2005

Things Fall Apart is a relentlessly unsentimental rendering of Nigerian tribal life before and after the coming of colonialism. It tells the story of the ruin of one proud man to stand for the destruction of an entire culture.

Flickering Shadows

by Kwadwo Agymah Kamau

Thursday, November 9, 2005

Flickering Shadows is a story of the contests played out in the Caribbean between the spirit of the people and the colonizing and corrupt structures that attempt to control the island paradise. It is a story of exploitation, resistance, and rebellion of the people who live in the village known simply as the Hill.

Amistad: A Novel

by Alexs D. Pate

Thursday, December 15, 2005

Amistad: A Novel is based on the true story of the 1839 mutiny on board the Spanish slave ship, Amistad, here is the frightening sequence of events that led fifty-three young men and women - and one young nation - to seek freedom and justice for all people.

The Dew Breaker

by Edwidge Danticat

Thursday, January 12, 2006

The Dew Breaker, spins a series of related stories around a shadowy central figure, a Haitian immigrant to the U.S., who reveals that he is not a prison escapee, but a former prison guard, skilled in torture and the other violent control methods of a brutal regime.

Standing at the Scratch Line : A Novel

by Guy Johnson

Thursday, February 9, 2006

King Tremain, the badass central character of Standing at the Scratch Line, was born LeRoi and grew up in the swampy Louisiana bayou during the early 1900’s. He lives by the code: “I just got two rules: Be courageous and don't take no shit!”

Echoes Of A Distant Summer

by Guy Johnson

Thursday, March 9, 2006

Sequel to Standing at the Scratch Line. Guy Johnson is a true griot, in the footsteps of his mother, Maya Angelou. Echoes of a Distant Summer continues the saga of the Tremain family, concentrating on King Tremain's grandson, Jackson St. Clair Tremain.

Cry, The Beloved Country

by Alan Paton

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Cry, the Beloved Country is the story of a Zulu pastor, Stephen Kumalo and his son, Absalom who has left his native village to live in Johannesburg. It speaks to the tragedy of racial injustice, gaping economic divisions, and the lost of tribal structure which once held people together.

The Seasons of Beento Blackbird

by Akosua Busia

Thursday, May 11, 2006

The Seasons of Beento Blackbird is a provocative novel dissecting the issues of marriage, polygamy and African identity. A forced de-compartmentalize unravels the life of Solomon Wilberforce, a children's book author, who spends winters in the Caribbean with his first wife, and summers in Ghana with his second wife.