Matigari A Novel by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Matigari ma Njirũũngi (which means in Gĩkũyũ “the patriots who survived the bullets”—the patriot who survived the liberation war, and their political offspring), descends the mountains victorious after fighting in the long independence... Read more »

Destroy This Temple: The voice of Black Power in Britain by Obi Egbuna

Most of this book was written in Brixton Prison, where the author was held in custody for six months pending trial at the Old Bailey on the charge of masterminding a plot... Read more »

A History of Pan-African Revolt by C.L.R. James

This concise, accessible history of revolts by African peoples worldwide explores the wide range of methods used by Africans to resist oppression and the negative effects of imperialism and colonization as viewed... Read more »

Detained: A Writer’s Prison Diary by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

The international outcry over Ngũgĩ’s detention without trial by the Kenyan authorities reached him even in Kamĩtĩ Maximum Security Prison. With great accomplishment, he describes the purposeful degradation and humiliation of the... Read more »

A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

A Grain of Wheat portrays several characters in a village whose intertwined lives are transformed by the Mau Mau rebellion in Kenya. The action follows the village’s arrangements for Uhuru (independence) Day... Read more »

Unity and Struggle: Speeches and Writings of Amilcar Cabral by Amilcar Cabral

Through an examination of political economy, culture, and colonial society, Cabral sets forth a blue print on how the colonized masses can start the process of decolonization and creating an entirely new... Read more »

February 1965: The Final Speeches (Malcolm X speeches & writings) by Malcolm X

This book is a must to understand Malcolm X and his political objectives. In Malcolm X’s own words, the last two weeks of his life, this book proves to be insightful, most... Read more »

Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko

When the ex-mistress of a sinister cocaine wholesaler takes a job as secretary to a Native American clairvoyant who works the TV talk show circuit, she begins transcribing an ancient manuscript that... Read more »

Pacifism as Pathology: Reflections on the Role of Armed Struggle in North America by Ward Churchill

Pacifism, the ideology of nonviolent political resistance, has been the norm among mainstream North American progressive groups for decades. But to what end? Ward Churchill challenges the pacifist movement’s heralded victories—Gandhi in... Read more »

Marxism and Native Americans ed. Ward Churchill

In a unique format of intellectual challenge and counter-challenge prominent Indigenous people of the Americas and Marxists debate the viability of Marxism and the prevalence of ethnocentric bias in politics, culture, and... Read more »