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			The Africana QA: Novelist Edward P. Jones By James Hannaham He happens to have a fertile imagination.

			Africana Reviews: A Distant Shore Reviewed by Darryl Lorenzo Wellington This generation's post-colonial magnum opus?

			Africana Reviews: Love Reviewed by Lorraine Rice Rich with story, character and emotion, Lovelives on its own.

			Africana Reviews: The Colossus of New York Reviewed by Jace Clayton Colson Whitehead takes on nonfiction.

The Hottentot Venus
By Barbara Chase-Ribaoud
(Doubleday, 317 pages, $24)

From My People: 400 Years of African American Folklore
By Daryl Cumber Dabce
(Norton, 768 pages, $19.95)

Night Journey
By Murad Kalam
(Simon & Schuster, 309 pages, $23)

Do you buy books based on reviews?

Africana Masterpiece: The Fire Next Time
By Walton Muyumba

Africana Reviews: The Good House
Reviewed by Nnedi Okorafor

Africana Reviews: A Right to Be Hostile
Reviewed by Bomani Jones

The Africana QA: Aaron McGruder
By Bomani Jones

Africana Reviews: Some Things I Never Thought I'd Do
Reviewed by Lorraine Rice

Africana Reviews: Manthia Diawara's We Won't Budge
By Siddhartha Mitter

The Africana QA: Mark Anthony Neal
By Farai Chideya

Fela: From West Africa to West Broadway
Reviewed by Adam Bradley

The Paper Chase: September 2003
By Marques Redd

New York Ricans From The Hip-Hop Zone
Reviewed by Kem Poston

The Paper Chase: August 2003
By Marques Redd

The Trials of Phillis Wheatley
Reviewed by Jeni Wright

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement
Reviewed by Shatema Threadcraft

Jelly Roll: A Blues
Reviewed by Jace Clayton

The Token White Chick in The Cheetah Girls
Posted on Wed 27 Aug 4:04pm
Found on Ohio.com, Submitted by oochiwallah
The Cheetah Girls was finally made into a Disney Channel Original movie starring Cosby Show veteran Ravn...

On interview w/ Danyel Smith Do Books Have Colors?
Posted on Thu 31 Jul 10:32am
Found on coloredgirls.com, Submitted by reinahaitiana
I have long believed in the power of the written word to reach across various threads of identity (be it race,...

Pope's no Muggle, Says Potter's Okay
Posted on Sun 9 Feb 11:58pm
Found on CNN.com, Submitted by katekilla
Pope endorses Harry Potter and "the imaginary world of fairies, magicians, angels and witches." Wait, I...

Delaney Sisters Have Their Say -- This Time, For Kids
Posted on Fri 7 Feb 6:19pm
Found on Cnn.com, Submitted by katekilla
A new book for kids 6-12 details the inspiring life stories of sisters Sadie and Bessie Delaney.


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