I Write What I Like: Selected Writings by Steve Biko

I Write What I Like contains a selection of Steve Biko’s writings from 1969, when he became the president of the South African Students’ Organization, to 1972, when he was prohibited from... Read more »

The Black Man’s Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State by Basil Davidson

In The Black Man’s Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State, Basil Davidson posits that the failures of the nation-states in Africa after “independence” from colonial domination, can be traced to... Read more »

African Women in Revolution by Wunyabari O. Maloba

This book is an extensive analysis of the roles played by African women in seven revolutionary movements in post World War II Africa. The revolutionary movements covered in this book occurred in:... 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 »

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 »

Che Guevara Reader: Writings on Politics & Revolution by Ernesto “Che” Guevara

This reader is the bestselling, most comprehensive selection of Che Guevara’s writings, letters and speeches available in English. This volume covers Che’s writings on the Cuban revolutionary war, the first years of... Read more »

Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life by Jon Lee Anderson

Che Guevara:  A Revolutionary Life, is a definitive work on the life of Ernesto “Che” Guevara. Jon Lee Anderson’s biography traces Che’s extraordinary life, from his Argentine upbringing to the battlefields of... Read more »