Lest We Forget: Steve Biko Never Forgot His Purpose in Life by Julian Kunnie

September 12, 2015 is the 38th anniversary of the assassination of Steve Biko, and Dr. Julian Kunnie reminds us that Biko's work is still yet to be done in spite of the... Read more »

Yurugu: An Afrikan-Centered Critique of European Cultural Thought and Behavior by Dr. Marimba Ani

Yurugu removes the mask from the European facade and thereby reveals the inner workings of global white supremacy: A system which functions to guarantee the control of Europe and her descendants (the... Read more »

The Psychopathic Racial Personality & Other Essays by Dr. Bobby Wright

We here at Conscientization 101 would like to thank our brother, Wise Intelligent, for putting us up on our beloved ancestor Dr. Bobby E. Wright (check the song from Wise’s album Wise... Read more »

Decolonising the African Mind by Chinweizu

In this sequel to The West And The Rest Of Us, Chinweizu examines the colonial mentality, in its various manifestations, and how it has obstructed African economic development and cultural renaissance since... Read more »

Viewing Teza, Reading Fanon: 10 Critical Questions for Haile Gerima’s Cinema (A Study Guide)

ABSTRACT: This is a brief study guide designed to engage viewing audiences of Haile Gerima’s film Teza in a critical analysis inspired by some of the classical critical insights put forth by... Read more »

Black-On-Black Violence: The Psychodynamics of Black Self-Annihilation in Service of White Domination by Amos Wilson

Black-on-Black Violence: The Psychodynamics of Black Self-Annihilation in the Service of White Domination represents a distinct milestone in criminology and Afrikan Studies. Its explanatory perspectives on the sociopsychological and politicoeconomic causes of... Read more »

Blueprint for Black Power: A Moral, Political and Economic Imperative for the Twenty-First Century by Dr. Amos N. Wilson

Blueprint posits that Africans in the Americas, Africa and throughout the world should form an international bloc that would be most potent for the generation and delivery of Black power in the... Read more »

KMT: In the House of Life by Ayi Kwei Armah

Mourning a lost friend, Lindela, the narrator of KMT, Ayi Kwei Armah’s seventh novel, plunges into history, seeking meaning in life’s flow. Loving companions – an Egyptologist and two traditionalists – show... Read more »

Barrel of a Pen: Resistance to Repression in Neo-colonial Kenya by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

Barrel of a Pen is a collection of essays that vigorously responds to the atmosphere of repression and domination in Kenya. Ngũgĩ argues that the defense of national culture and national identity... Read more »

Why Are We So Blest? by Ayi Kwei Armah

What a farce, scholarships! The blood money never went to any of us for our intelligence. It was always payment for obedience. BEFORE THE WHITE MEN CAME. Ten pages of blood and... Read more »