The Root: What books are you reading right now?

[Stir Fry]

RIP

Dr. Raye Gilbert Richardson, 99, Founder of Marcus Books, Oldest Remaining Black-Owned Bookstore in America | Post News Group

 

[EndDomination]

Because of the schedule changes, I have more time to read than I thought.

Just finished Citizen by. Claudia Rankine; Solitary by. Albert Woodfox; and Fearing the Black Body by. Sabrina Strings.

Doing a second read of Cedric Robinson's Black Marxism; and will read through portions of Capital by. Thomas Piketty again.

 

[OfTheCross]

This Tanahesi Coates book was so good I had to buy it.

Originally I got it from the library.

We Were 8 Years in Power, brehs

Re reading the last chapter and this shyt is maddening, man.

 

[Danie84]

...long-winded, but riveted nonetheless

 

[im_sleep]

 

[Counter Racist Male]

Any good remedies that might help in this time of covid 19?

 

[Stir Fry]

Marcus Books 60th Anniversary Fundraiser organized by Folasade Adesanya

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Because of the schedule changes, I have more time to read than I thought.

Just finished Citizen by. Claudia Rankine; Solitary by. Albert Woodfox; and Fearing the Black Body by. Sabrina Strings.

Doing a second read of Cedric Robinson's Black Marxism; and will read through portions of Capital by. Thomas Piketty again.

Back in August we did a critical reading and thinking discussion on that book. We were about to do a part two before Corona hit. I’ll link the video for the first one when it’s uploaded.

Just finished: Overthrow by Stephen Kinzer

Now reading: How to Kill a City by Peter Moskowitz

 

[EndDomination]

Back in August we did a critical reading and thinking discussion on that book. We were about to do a part two before Corona hit. I’ll link the video for the first one when it’s uploaded.

Just finished: Overthrow by Stephen Kinzer

Now reading: How to Kill a City by Peter Moskowitz

Thank you - we need a HL or The Root section on Black Leftist writing - Cedric Robinson's anthropology and African Liberation, plus a lot of Cornel West, Huey Newton, DuBois, and Lorenzo Ervin. Even James H. Cone.

 

[2Quik4UHoes]

Thank you - we need a HL or The Root section on Black Leftist writing - Cedric Robinson's anthropology and African Liberation, plus a lot of Cornel West, Huey Newton, DuBois, and Lorenzo Ervin. Even James H. Cone.

Yeah, the critical thinking/reading series was one of the best new additions to Sankofa. We had Howard professors giving analysis on different books and authors. We did Black Marxism, George Jackson, Amiri Baraka, Toni Cade Bambara, Frantz Fanon, etc. Can’t wait til everything is uploaded.

 

[Ashyneezz]

Finished The Autobiography of Malcolm X

Starting "Ali"

 

[Ashyneezz]

Been reading a lot of James Loewen lately. Now reading Sundown Towns. Starts off slow but getting interesting. Just finished Giovanni’s Room for like the third time

Gonna read Giovanni's Room or The Fire Next Time next

 

[I AM WE ARE]

Finished richest man in babylon again
Also laws of human nature
About to start on (Yssis) papers

 

[African Peasant]

Written by Nigeria's former Coordinating Minister of Economy. She had some good ideas about how to clean up the Nigerian economy and cut a lot of the government excess. Ultimately, the power behind the power led to uneven implementation of some of her policies. The bottom book was written during the GEJ presidency, the top during PMB's 1st term.

Fam, are these books worth reading? Not only for someone who wants to understands Nigeria politics but also to draw lessons for other black countries?

 

[Bawon Samedi]

About to crack this open.