My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black Pasionaria

My Country, Africa: Autobiography of the Black PasionariaWe who have been colonized can never forget Andre Blouinonce called the most dangerous woman in Africaplayed a leading role in the struggles for decolonization that shook the continent in the 1950s and 60s, advising the postcolonial leaders of Algeria, both Congos, Ivory Coast, Mali, Guinea, and Ghana. In this autobiography, Blouin retraces her remarkable journey as an African revolutionary. Born in French Equatorial Africa and abandoned at the age of

She would later understand that these "minor feelings" occur when American optimism contradicts your own reality--when you believe the lies you're told about your own racial identity

Winner of the Pura Belpré Award for Children's Text

Retirement should mean long-awaited trips to the sapphire waters of Santorini or careening down a sand dune in Dubai

NDiaye is one of the greats—her novels are mesmerizing

They offer strategies for dismantling denial

"--David Mitchell

is the only person with whom she can truly be herself

but powerful ways--invites readers to bring these practices into their own lives

Ray McMillian's life is already mapped out

Han Yu and Luli must each venture out into the larger world—and into danger-filled adventure—to save what they love most

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And as Olive falls in love with this wacky school