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575 works of pan-African thought. 2 matching current filters.

RegionAllWest AfricaEast AfricaSouthern AfricaNorth AfricaCentral AfricaCaribbeanDiaspora
GenreAllFictionNon-fictionPoetryDramaAutobiographyFolklore
EraAllPre-colonial Oral TraditionsColonialPost-colonialHarlem RenaissanceNegritudeContemporary
Brother, I'm Dying
2007
Edwidge Danticat

A memoir about Danticat's father and uncle, two brothers separated by migration, and their parallel deaths in 2004, one from illness, the other in US immigration detention after Hurricane Ivan. A profound meditation on family and American policy toward Haiti.

CaribbeanAutobiography
To Sir, With Love
1959
E.R. Braithwaite

An educated Guyanese engineer, unable to find work due to racism in postwar Britain, becomes a teacher in London's East End, a memoir of navigating race, class, and the possibilities of connection across the color line.

CaribbeanAutobiography