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#photobookchallenge day 28 - read this month

I was lucky enough to receive this book on Netgalley. It is a pointed and deeply necessary analysis of police brutality in the US, with a specific look at Black Lives Matter. Not an easy read, but one that needs to be faced.

#blackhistorymonth #blacklivesmatter #nonfiction

Next month I'm doing #DiverseBookMar - are you?

#photobookchallenge day 27 - freebie

I was so honoured to receive a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for a review! It is a truly remarkable collection of short stories that explore some of the many experiences of being a queer person of colour.

#blackhistorymonth #diversebooks #shortstories

#photobookchallenge day 26 - banned book

I didn't want to go with one of the classic banned books, so I chose Kaffir Boy! It is an autobiography of Mark Mathabane, a South African who was raised in Johannesburg during Apartheid. Since I recently read Trevor Nunn's Born A Crime, I feel like I need to read more about this period. Any recs for me?

#blackhistorymonth #diversebooks #nonfiction

#photobookchallenge day 25 - LOVE this book

This was by far one of the best reads of 2016 for me. I would seriously recommend all of Nnedi Okorafor's novels - deceptively simple, they have badass world building and intensely real characters.

#blackhistorymonth #womenwriters #DiverseBooks

#photobookchallenge day 24 - heartbreaking

Are any of Toni Morrison's books NOT heartbreaking?!

#diversebooks #blackhistorymonth #womenwriters

#photobookchallenge day 23 - reading playlist

OK so I am actually in love with the album Awaken, My Love! by Childish Gambino/Donald Glover. It is sorta like Prince, and so ridiculously clever. I've never heard anything like it, and I've been listening to it on repeat for the last month!

#blackhistorymonth #readingplaylist #music

#photobookchallenge day 22 - historical fiction

OK so this isn't historical FICTION but I couldn't go through #blackhistorymonth without mentioning Ta-Nehisi Coates. This is the first book I ever read that really went into detail about the Black Panthers, and what it means to be a man of revolution. Beautifully written, this is a book that packs punches.

#nonfiction #diversebooks

#photobookchallenge day 21 - pink cover

This is firmly on my TBR! Have you read it?

#blackhistorymonth #diversebooks #nonfiction #feminism

#photobookchallenge day 20 - currently reading

This is such a fantastic autobiography that I'm reading for uni - and well. 'A wall is just a wall' is a ridiculously timely message right now.

#blackhistorymonth #womenwriters #nonfiction #autobiography #overit

#photobookchallenge day 19 - a trilogy

Did you know that Things Fall Apart is the first book in a trilogy? I didn't!

#blackhistorymonth #diversebooks