The Root: What books are you reading right now?

[mbewane]

Does anyone here buy books in a bookstore? If so, how many black people do you see on the regular in these places?
I rarely see other black people buying books out here...

I'm mixed living in Europe I buy all my books in bookstores, book fairs, etc...and yeah I regularly see black people, not that many, but still.

 

[Larry Lobster]

I'm mixed living in Europe I buy all my books in bookstores, book fairs, etc...and yeah I regularly see black people, not that many, but still.

I live in south america and books are hella expensive, i guess that's the reason. Tbh i just recently started going at bookstores, i always hated it because its nothing but cacs inside.

 

[mbewane]

I live in south america and books are hella expensive, i guess that's the reason. Tbh i just recently started going at bookstores, i always hated it because its nothing but cacs inside.

Yeah it could be, there's this law in France that regulates the prices of books published in France, it's the same price wherever you go, only difference is how much choice you have...

 

[phobos:\\]

Either/Or by Soren Kierkegaard. It is a pretty dense bok, but I am coming off a high reading his "Sickeness Unto Death", and so far, so good. He uses pseudonyms to describe various aspects of life; in regards to what I am reading, the aesthetic aspects of life. For instance Don Juan continuously sleeping with a woman finds it to be a repetitive act, and thus boring. It doesn't achieve 'true' aesthetic pleasure, so he goes from woman to woman. The contradiction in his reasoning is rather apparent. This all unfolds in his description of Mozart's Don Giovanni. Like I said, so far, so good. I hope to finish both parts before Christmas.

 

[J-Nice]

Does anyone no about any African Philosophy books? For example I have read some books on things like stoicsm which was written by Europeans hundreds of years ago. Is there a African equivalent?

Theophile Obenga, Frantz Fanon, W.E.B Dubois ( I find that alot of people know his main works but haven't read anything else outside of them), Anthony Appiah, Steve Biko, Alain Locke, Kwame Nkrumah, Patricia Hill Collins, Amilcar Cabral, and V.Y.Mudimbe. There's alot more you can dig into, but just reading some of these people will give you alot of insight.

 

[J-Nice]

I'm mixed living in Europe I buy all my books in bookstores, book fairs, etc...and yeah I regularly see black people, not that many, but still.

I always thought you were an African breh from the continent.

 

[Primetime21]

I live in south america and books are hella expensive, i guess that's the reason. Tbh i just recently started going at bookstores, i always hated it because its nothing but cacs inside.

I saw you mention in another thread you are living in Brazil, what city if you dont mind me asking?

 

[J-Nice]

Does anyone here buy books in a bookstore? If so, how many black people do you see on the regular in these places?
I rarely see other black people buying books out here...

I got a couple bookstores in my City that happen to be Black owned bookstores so I see black folk all the time. And there's a black comic book shop that isn't far from me either.

 

[Larry Lobster]

I saw you mention in another thread you are living in Brazil, what city if you dont mind me asking?

I live in a small city in the state of Acre.

 

[Primetime21]

I live in a small city in the state of Acre.

not many Afro Brazilians here. you should consider an AMA thread in the future, I'm sure there is a lot for you to teach and us to learn

 

[Larry Lobster]

not many Afro Brazilins here. you should consider an AMA thread in the future, I'm sure there is a lot for you to teach and us to learn

Oh i see, there's some like @Yehuda, @4fossa and that's about it i guess. I have news in the future, stay tuned.

 

[6ixSideSavage]

 

[mbewane]

I always thought you were an African breh from the continent.

I'm mixed Afro-Euro (CAR-Belgium), spent 8 years in CAR growing up

 

[mbewane]

I got a couple bookstores in my City that happen to be Black owned bookstores so I see black folk all the time. And there's a black comic book shop that isn't far from me either.

Do these bookstores have websites? Especially the black comic book shop, I'd like to start reading some black comics

 

[Larry Lobster]

I'm mixed Afro-Euro (CAR-Belgium), spent 8 years in CAR growing up

Talk about the belgium pawgs.