Títulos en Afroamericana

في ليلة لم ترى القرية مثل ظلمتها، خرج رجل ضخم مطأطأ الرأس يخترق بعجالته رهبة الظلام. بعد أن حزم أمتعته وعزم الرحيل، لم يثنيه عن وجهته صرير الليل وعويل الكلاب...

Rewriting the pernicious, enduring relationship between blackness and animality in the history of Western science and philosophy, Becoming Human breaks open the rancorous debate between Black critical theory and posthumanism. Through the cultural terrain of literature by Toni Morrison, Nalo Hopkinson, Audre Lorde, and Octavia Butler, the art of Wangechi Mutu and Ezrom Legae, and the oratory of Frederick Douglass, Zakiyyah Iman Jackson both critiques and displaces the racial logic that has dominated scientific thought since the Enlightenment.

Young and naive, Tiara Rogers learns the hard way what happens when you are green in the game. She has everything a girl could ever want, except a normal life. Not understanding that being the daughter of Dallas, Texas kingpin, makes her a walking target, she does everything she can to defy her father, including losing her virginity when she falls hard for the charm of a boy she barely knows.

Against hope, Smythe Windwalker Daniels’ anonymity is compromised and a creditable threat has been made against her life. As the threats ratchet up, she feels she has no place to hide, and the danger impacts not only her life but the lives of those around her. She reluctantly accepts the FBI’s protection, hoping to testify and bring a promise of justice to her community.

An electrifying first novel that shocks by its language, its circumstances, and its brutal honesty, Push recounts a young black street-girl's horrendous and redemptive journey through a Harlem inferno. For Precious Jones, 16 and pregnant with her father's child, miraculous hope appears and the...

Los protagonistas de la historia, Leah, Natalie, Felix y Nathan, crecieron entre edificios de protección oficial y, ahora en la treintena, la ambición y el azar los han llevado a alcanzar posiciones sociales muy distintas. Los encuentros y desencuentros entre ellos ponen de manifiesto sus diferencias raciales, la validez del ascenso social, su actitud ante cuestiones de fondo como la maternidad, la amistad, la lealtad.

No one can talk to the dead...can they? Free man of color Benjamin January gets caught up in a strange, spiritual world that might lead to his own demise, as he hunts for a missing teenager in this gripping, atmospheric historical mystery. New Orleans, 1840. Freshly home from a dangerous journey, the last thing Benjamin January wants to do is leave his wife and young sons again. But when old friends Henri and Chloë Viellard ask for his help tracking down a missing girl in distant New York, he can’t say no.

Winner of the 2021 Academy of American Poets James Laughlin Award A blistering exploration of America’s legacy of anti-Black violence from an indispensable poet of our time American history got you down? Are you feeling alienated? Join poet James Cagney in his blistering second collection...

Romeo and Desmond moved to Atlanta in hopes of flourishing from the success of their unlawful but prosperous business. Two small time hoodlums turned big time entrepreneurs, these Cali boys are just trying to get it at any and all costs. But when betrayal and greed comes into play, these two friends' very foundation is shaken. Can they stay afloat in spite of it all, or will they lose what they worked so hard to build together?

Ashley Antoinette, of the Ashley & JaQuavis writing duo, steps out on her own once again with the next installment of her scandalously sexy Prada Plan series! When you've been labeled crazy all of your life, it's easy to commit a murder, and now street fiction's most infamous bad girl, Leah Richards, holds the fate of an entire family in her hands. After coming insecond place to YaYa in the race to win Indie's affection, Leah decides that enough is enough and kidnaps the loving couple's baby girl.

Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to 12 years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding.

Emery Thompson hates Calvin Chamberlain. From the way he acts like he’s better than everyone to the way he moves through the world thinking his podcast is the cream of the crop, every little thing about the man gets to him. Even that dashing, oh-so-confident smile. He’d rather be caught dead than be around the man any longer than necessary—or admit that last part out loud.

Three men who have a way with the ladies struggle to keep their heads when each finds that love is more important than sex.

En este gran clásico de la literatura norteamericana del siglo xx, James Baldwin da voz a Tish, una chica de diecinueve años embarazada de un joven escultor llamado Fonny. Novios desde el instituto, decidieroncasarse y formar una familia, pero sus planes se truncan cuando él es injustamente acusado de violación y encarcelado.

When love breaks you open, do you build the walls back up—or finally learn to heal? Thelonious "Theo" Mitchell thought he had finally found his place. College football. A fresh start far from the streets that claimed his best friend. A future built on hard work and hope. Then he met Sabrinna—beautiful, broken, and impossible to resist. For the first time since losing his mother and watching Draven die, Theo feels alive. Sabrinna's mismatched eyes see past his carefully constructed walls. Her pain mirrors his own. Together, they share secrets, dreams, and a connection that feels like destiny.

When Casanova rushes to the scene of his girlfriend’s car accident, he ends up fighting for his life after a sudden act of violence. Two weeks later, he’s gone—and the real chaos begins. At the funeral, long-hidden truths erupt: multiple women claim to have his children, one child vanishes under suspicious circumstances, and three of Casanova's baby mothers form an alliance built on revenge. In the middle of the storm stands Casanova’s mother, determined to bring her granddaughter home and survive the legal, emotional, and downright outrageous battles that follow.

What happens when first love turns to first pain? Follow the story of a young girl who was so desperate to have a boyfriend that she would do anything to keep him. Mariah is a very smart young lady, but when she meets Andrew, a football player at her high school, she is immediately stricken by the lovebug. No matter what her friends tell her to dissuade her from this relationship, she doesn’t listen.

Imagine being a child and one of the two people put on this earth to mold, guide, and shape you into an adult is the one causing you the most pain. How would you deal with it? Every family is different, but every family has secrets and the Helaire family is no different.

New enemies are created, but the hatred for old ones may lead to new alliances. The insatiable need for revenge brings new partnerships. They all are hunting for Ace Lucky but perhaps not all of them want him dead. The aftermath of Ace Lucky’s violent attack has everyone shook and feigning for revenge—especially the wives. Mona, Taffy, Dalla and Lera Badd quickly learn that if they are going to survive, they need each other. Pushing their differences aside, they form an alliance and prepare to take back what’s theirs at all costs.

Politibetjenten Johan Boje bliver påkørt og dræbt af en bil i høj fart foran sit hjem. Hans chef, Axel Borg, er en af de første på gerningsstedet. Det går hurtigt op for Borg, at det ikke er en ulykke, men et yderst brutalt drab. Johan Bojes søn på ni år overværede påkørslen og påstår, at det var en betjent, der sad bag rattet. Et overvågningskamera bekræfter imidlertid sønnens påstand – en skikkelse i politiuniform førte bilen den fatale aften. Roland Benito, efterforsker hos Den Uafhængige Politiklagemyndighed, bliver sat på sagen.