Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Born in 1938 in rural Kenya, world renowned revolutionary writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o came of age in the shadow of World War II, amidst the terrible bloodshed in the war for national... Read more »

In the House of the Interpreter: A Memoir by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

The second volume of the world renowned revolutionary writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s memoir picks up right where volume one left off. He enters into the “prestigious” colonial Alliance High School which he... Read more »

Something Torn and New: An African Renaissance by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Kwame Ture, that great son of Africa said, “power begins on the level conception,” this is the best way to describe Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s Something Torn and New: An African Renaissance. Ngũgĩ... Read more »

Akala, Lowkey, Saul Williams Discuss Cultural Hegemony Over Hip Hop

One of the most important aspects of this conversation is that we need to recognize what is being passed off as hip hop is definitely being used to serve power. Hip hop... Read more »

Akala – A Conscientization Freestyle

We named this a conscientization freestyle, not because we produced this (it’s Akala’s freestyle), but because when you hear this, you’ll say “Man, that is so true” at least 10 times! Read more »

Lowkey ft. Mai Khalil – Dear England

This is a powerful track which succinctly describes British Imperialism. By extension, these activities include American Imperialism because Americans are settlers from Britain who gave themselves new names and operate on the... Read more »

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Speaks: Interviews with the Kenyan Writer by Reinhard Sander

Cumulatively the interviews reproduced here trace the trajectory of the author’s intellectual engagement with his times. This is a reader where Ngũgĩ reveals his thoughts and analysis of various African freedom movements,... Read more »

Settler Colonialism in the Twentieth Century: Projects, Practices, Legacies edited by Caroline Elkins & Susan Pedersen

Settler colonies still grapple today with the divisive and difficult legacies unleashed by settler colonialism. Whether they were settled for trade or geopolitical reasons, these settler communities had in common their shaping... Read more »

Black Awakening in Capitalist America: An Analytic History by Robert L. Allen

Black Awakening in Capitalist America: An Analytic History, is a classic study of the Black liberation movement of the 1960s. Examining Black Power and black capitalism, the student and radical movements, nationalist... Read more »

Die Nigger Die!: A Political Autobiography of Imam Jamil Abdullah al-Amin by H. Rap Brown (Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin)

Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin (formerly known as H. Rap Brown) is currently a political prisoner and was the chairman of the radical Black Power organization Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). This autobiography... Read more »