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Literature of the Global South
Writing and voices from outside of the white Western canon. Fiction and Non-fiction with an emphasis in diaspora, decolonization, global history, and resistance narratives from around the world. Features African, Asian, Central American, South American, Caribbean, and Middle Eastern voices.
Began with many recommendations from Jamin Anderson (@jaminanderson__ on Instagram) and has expanded with the help of the Pagebound community.
let me tell you my story
audiobooks where the narrator is the author! any book goes, no matter the genre. there may be multiple versions of the audiobook, but at least one version has the author as narrator. please suggest more in the comments!
Black History
Books you SHOULD be reading all year
Non-western culture and history
Culture and history outside of the "western world". Recommendations welcome! :)
Black Female Voices
A few lovely books written by Black women spanning every genre!
World History: Mistakes of the past and lessons for the future
A little non-fiction list to capture the histories of humans, the mistakes we've made, and lessons to take into the future. Looking to grow it so open to suggestions!
nonfiction from authors of the global south
a working list of history, memoirs, and scientific communication from authors based in or who had significant life experience in what's considered the global south. the goal of this list was to read more nonfiction from alternate global perspectives, open to edits or suggestions!
Non fiction books that you probably should read
A collection of books I've read and some that I want to
Interesting Non-Fictions
Touré’s Bookshelf
All the books legendary music critic Touré features in the bookshelf behind him in his YouTube videos
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