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::: Book of the Month Archives :::
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"The Spirit of Intimacy"
by Sobonfo E. Somé
What Sobonfo has to say here reflects the wisdom of many generations of the Dagar people of western Africa...The indigenous world from which Sobonfo speaks with authority offers us a perspective on relationships that helps restore the sacred context...She offers us a mature vision and challenges us to become more of who we are. (excerpts from the book's forward by Julia and Francis Weller)
"The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality"
by Dr. Cheikh Anta Diop
The African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality, edited and translated by Mercer Cook
and prepared with the author's cooperation, presents Dr. Diop's main thesis--that historical, archeological
and anthropological evidence supports the theory that the civilization of ancient Egypt, the first that history
records, was actually Negroid in origin.
"Marcus Garvey and the Vision of Africa"
by Amy Jacques Garvey, edited by Dr. John Henrik Clarke
Among Black leaders, Marcus Garvey (1887-1940) was unique. His popularity was universal, his
program for the return of African people to their motherland shook the foundations of three
empires, all subsequent Black Power movements have owed a debt to his example, and his prophecy
has been fulfilled in the independence that brought into being more than thirty African nations.
This illuminating reader shows Garvey in all his dimensions. Among the many contributors are,
in addition to Garvey himself, W. E. B. Du Bois, E. Franklin Frazier, William Z. Foster, Amy Jacques Garvey, and the editor, John Henrik Clarke.
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"Getting Good Loving: How Black Men And Women Can Make Love Work"
by Audrey B. Chapman
While many black men and women enjoy good loving, countless others are trapped in a
cycle of bitter emotions and disappointments. As couples therapist Audrey Chapman
traveled across the country conducting seminars and workshops on male-female relationships,
she was struck by the deep yearning of individuals strugglings, often in silence, to find
"good loving."
In Getting Good Loving, Chapman examines the psychosocial dynamics in black relationships
and explains why unrealistic expectations and confusion about masculine and feminine roles are the
two main reasons why black men and women continue to misunderstand one another. Chapman addresses
what she calls the "entitlement syndrome" -- a subconscious belief that one's romantic partner
should make up for one's past suffering. Through case studies and intimate revelations from both men
and women, Chapman explains how these root problems surface and how they can be transformed to create
healthy, loving, and interdependent relationships.
Here is an honest and sensitive exploration of how to take resposibility for our own happiness and get
what we all need -- good loving.
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"Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization" vol. 1 by Anthony T. Browder
"The civilization of Egypt, and of Africa in general, is the most written about and the least
understood of all known subjects. This is not an accident or an error in misunderstanding the
available information. Except for Egypt, African people have been programmed our of the
respectable commentary of history.
Europeans have claimed the non-African creation of Egypt
in order to downgrade the position of African people in world history. They have laid the
foundation of what they call Western Civilization on a structure that the Western mind did not
create. In doing so, they have used no logic.
Tony Browder's book, Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization, is about correcting some of
these misconceptions so the reader, in fact, can be introduced to a Nile Valley Civilization
in order to understand its role as the parent of future civilizations. In this book...Browder
has associated himself with some top-level academic company. He is both a teacher and a learner.
In both cases he has done well."
"Miseducation of the Negro" by Carter G. Woodson
"When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions. You do not
have to tell him not to stand here or go yonder. He will find his "proper place" and
will stay in it. You do not need to send him to the back door. He will go
without being told. In fact, if there is no back door, he will cut one for his
special benefit. His education makes it necessary."
"History shows that is does not matter who is in power...those who have not learned
to do for themselves and have to depend solely on others never obtain any more rights or
privileges in the end than they had in the beginning."
- Dr. Carter Goodwin Woodson
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