Colonialism and Neocolonialism by Jean-Paul Sartre

This collection of Jean Paul Sartre’s writings on colonialism and neocolonialism remains a supremely powerful, and relevant, polemical work. He puts forth detailed and accurate analysis of Patrice Lumumba’s assassination and other... Read more »

Black Africa: The Economic and Cultural Basis for a Federated State by Cheikh Anta Diop

The late Cheikh Anta Diop presents a blueprint for the creation of a unified Black African state. Diop explains why attempts at economic development and cooperation cannot succeed apart from the political... Read more »

The Struggle For Mozambique by Eduardo Mondlane

The author of this book, until his assassination early in 1969, was President of FRELIMO, the Mozambique Liberation Front. Here he analyzes the origins of the war in the economics of exploitation,... Read more »

Amilcar Cabral: Revolutionary Leadership And People’s War by Patrick Chabal

This book tells the story of Amilcar Cabral who, as head of PAIGC, Guinea-Bissau’s nationalist movement, became one of Africa’s foremost revolutionary leaders. In less than twenty years of active political life,... Read more »

Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur

Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed, while local, state, and federal police attempted to question her about the shootout on... Read more »

The World We Wish to See: Revolutionary Objectives in the Twenty-First Century by Samir Amin

The World We Wish to See: Revolutionary Objectives in the Twenty-First Century, presents a sweeping view of twentieth-century political history and a stirring appeal to take political culture seriously. Samir Amin offers... Read more »

Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano

Since its U.S. debut a quarter-century ago, this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America. It is also an outstanding account of political economy, a social... Read more »

Fidel Castro Reader (v. 1) by Fidel Castro

At last, a comprehensive anthology of one of the 20th century’s most influential political figures, the Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro. Fidel Castro has been an articulate and incisive – if controversial-... Read more »

Guerrillas in Power: The Course of the Cuban Revolution by K.S. Karol

Guerrillas in Power is a complete history which starts from the beginning of the Cuban Revolution up to 1970. This account includes information about the changes in Cuban political economy, the various... Read more »

Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000 by George Reid Andrews

For geopolitical reasons, Western imperialism in Europe and the Americas has purposefully mislead people to believe that African people were only enslaved in the United States. This was primarily to undermine Pan-Africanism... Read more »