Recs if you like King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa...
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.
an effort to learn about the world
learning is endless, and far too many people are being oppressed and subjected to violence in this world. just a list of books that shed more light on various marginalized folk from all over the world :) any recs are welcome!
Nonfiction that's actually fun to read
These are some of my favorites and books I want to read--nonfiction that reads like fiction or is otherwise compelling. If you're intimidated by books on history, science, memoir, or other subgenres in nonfiction, start here.
Don't forget about DR Congo
#FREECONGO #FREESUDAN #FREEPALESTINE #FREEHAWAII and free all people in need because no one is free until all of us are free
This is why we can't have nice things
Books about how systems of inequality are constructed and maintained.
Brain Food (from kale to popcorn)
☕📚 History We Were Never Taught
The history that didn’t make it into our textbooks. Stories centered on Indigenous, Black, and Global South voices. No whitewashed timelines. Just truth, context, and the receipts.
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Everything is History
So many things we should know about the world we are not told during our education. To know the past is to be able to change the future
Reading the World: Belgium
Enjoy my newest lit series, ‘Reading the World’, in an attempt to diversify your own reading and broaden horizons, I have included a mix of genres. Sensitive topics often lie ahead as history, social and political issues are usually the centre of this writing. Enjoy!
Testimonies of collapse
Non-fiction works that document some of the most catastrophic/violent events of recent history and their systemic causes.
Musings from Unquiet Minds
Collection of nonfiction(essays, speeches, poetry, social commentary, memoirs etc) written by Black Americans or about Black History.
Decolonial History & Politics
Expand your knowledge and your worldview with these nonfiction books full of history and politics of the people often left out of the history written by the victors. These works explore issues troubling those trapped under colonialism and imperialism, offering new insights to globalization and new pathways to liberation.
Non fiction books that you probably should read
A collection of books I've read and some that I want to
History Book Recommendations
Books to fill in the gaps of the American education system, provide a more nuanced take, or broaden your world view.
Build Your Library Homeschool Curriculum: Level 11
Pair with "Level 11 – World History, Part 2" book.
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