Books & Black Coffee

A celebration of Black History & Black Present. Join us as we explore a piece of prose and the beautiful lines between. It’s noticing how prose mirrors life in the seasons when recorded reflection is most important.Get your copy on Etsy:https://mupeneguriwrites.etsy.com/uk/listing/1795976734/would-you-recognise-meMusic by Mikhail Smusev.

Join us as we explore this magical work by Ralph Ellison. A book that, like earth itself, is so deeply layered. At its core, lies the reality of life for black men in white supremacist societies. Join two bookworms as we breathe in 1950s America and diffuse the lessons and poetry into our hearts.Music by Oleg Brnic on Pixabay.

Angela Y Davis’ book ‘Freedom is a constant struggle’ is a one that must be visited on regular occasions. The book covers significant ground in such a few pages. Join us as we distill the revelations from this work. Drop by drop, we’ll flow through topics in the book and how they might help us all, in our constant struggle for freedom. Music by Praz Khanal

What a year it has been, right? We have been away for a while, so what's been going on? Tune in and find out what's coming on Books & Black Coffee. Bookworms unite! Books mentioned in this episode :The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Overture and the San Domingo Revolution by C.L.R James Things Fall Apart by Chenua AchebeThe Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by Bell HooksEichmann in Jerusalem by Hannah Ardent Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. NewtonBlack Skin, White Masks by Frantz FanonThe Mind of Africa by W.E AbrahamOh my Gods - Fiona StofferC. L. R. James interview on his book "Black Jacobins" (1970) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUnO8lfoVBkMusic Credit : Africa Maasai Kids by SOFRA

Akala’s Natives led this conversation in several directions as we explored its layers through class, community, race, poverty, and lived experiences. The hope is to collectively work to ease the human experience by accommodating its diversity, complexities, and suffering.Other resources:100 Amazing Facts About The Negro - With Complete Proof by Joel Augustus RogersWhat's Wrong With Being Black: Celebrating Our Heritage, Confronting Our Challenges by Matthew AshimolowoMicroaggressions and Modern Racism - Endurance and Evolution by Charisse C. LevchakMusic credit: Best Time - FASSounds

The Glass Bead Game is hoops we jump through and streets we navigate with a map that we create. It is an invitation to check our nature and our traditions and let them collide with our education. Fight mentally with our perspectives as we engage in a to and fro complicated by stories and concepts that don’t consider chronological order, just application. Music credit: Miyagisama - Savannah Time TravelMusic mentioned:UB40 - One In TenNispsey Hussle - Blacc Ice

I'll bet on my Black Coffee hot spring that you won't be the same after reading this book. Do you need a reason to consider exploring the gender data gaps? This episode will be enough to fuel the fire of your curiosity. Get something to drink, and let's explore. Women have a lot of life’s keys. Don’t find yourself locked outside of doors you could have access to because of a bad attitude AND a lack of data.Music credit : Whip - Prazkhanal

It all started on World Book Day. One bookworm read this book for the third time, while the other was amazed by its depth. Listen as this conversation turns a kid’s book into layers of dialog that we can all explore at different levels, ages, and stages in our lives.Why are our reactions so exaggerated when it comes to things that deviate from the norm? (Ponder on that one)

You’ve heard about Walden through lessons in solitude, dissected its epiphanies, and immersed yourself in the analysis. This week we move to interactions with more humans, the power dynamics between men and women, navigating love and intimacy & what we discover through reflection. Eleven Minutes is a different type of conversation - it has questions and some uncomfortable discoveries. Above all, there is something for us each to take and explore a little deeper.Music credit : ComaStudio