How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney

The decisiveness of colonialism/slavery and its negative consequences for Africa spring mainly from the fact that Africa lost power. Power is the ultimate determinant in human society, being basic to the relations... Read more »

The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

The Wretched of the Earth concerns the psychology of the colonized and the path to liberation. This book is one of the foundational works which led to the development of Conscientization 101.com.... Read more »

Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 30th Anniversary Edition by Paulo Freire

There are no blurbs or short explanations to write about Pedagogy of the Oppressed. To attempt to explain one aspect of this book would limit the depth of its analysis. Conscientization 101... Read more »

Class Struggle In Africa by Kwame Nkrumah

The best way to describe this book is by expanding the title to say Class Struggle Amongst Africans.  Nkrumah places the African struggle in the context of all African people in the... Read more »

A Dying Colonialism by Frantz Fanon

A Dying Colonialism is an incisive account of how oppressed nationalities can use cultural practices derided by colonialist as primitive to advance revolutionary ideology and action. Fanon uses the fifth year of... Read more »

Toward the African Revolution by Frantz Fanon

Toward the African Revolution is a collection of articles, essays, and letters which enumerates all the concessions the ruling class will give you to maintain control. It represents a warning which predicted... Read more »

Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this hard-hitting novel about disillusionment in neocolonial Kenya. While Ngũgĩ’s novels are generally set in Kenya, Ngũgĩ... Read more »

A-Alikes feat M1 – Whole Life

Damn! Watching this makes you think about the conversations you have with your people about life in Babylon. This track appears on A-Alikes US Against Them EP. Read more »

A-Alikes ft. dead prez – We Got Room

Classic track right here! A-Alikes and dead prez setting it off! Read more »

The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley by Malcolm X

This is the book that started our conscientization. The title is self explanatory. If you haven’t read this yet, then now is the time! Read more »