Favorite Conscious Books

[olufemi_baina_ayo]

I have so many favorite conscious books...it's ridiculous! But my number one favorite is Assata:An Autobiography. It was the first book I read,and it helped shape my consciousness.

Here's my top ten favorite book list

1.Assata

2.The Isis Papers:The Keys to the Colors-Dr. Francis Cress Wesling

3.They Came Before Columbus-Ivan Van Sertima

4.Who Betrayed The African World Revoltion?-John Henrik Clarke

5.Blueprint for Black Power-Amos N.Wilson

6.Soledad Brother-George Jackson

7.The Philosophies and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

8.The Unveiled Garvey:The Life and Times of Amy Jacques Garvey-Ula Yvette Taylor

9.The Autobiography of Malcolm X

10. Roots-Alex Haley

[Kentake]

The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G.Woodson
(this is the one of the many conscious books i started reading at age 18, and it was the book that started me on my path of RE-Afrikanization)

Notes Toward Higher Ideals in Afrikan Intellectual Liberation by Mwalimu Baruti

Black Women in Antiquity by Ivan Van Sertima

Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Slave Trade by John Henrik Clarke

Asafo by Mwalimu Baruti (still reading)

Yurugu by Marimba Ani (still reading)

Sacred Woman by Queen Afua

all books by Dr. Yosef Ben Jochannan

The Last Book by Baba Kamau Kambon

Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery by Na'im Akbar

Black Woman: Original Guardian Angel by Ishakamusa Barashango

The Black Holocaust for Beginners by S.E. Anderson (very good for high school students)

Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery by Bell Hooks

The Philosophies and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Blueprint for Black Power by Amos Wilson

[olufemi_baina_ayo]

Wow...great list! I have all of Mwalimu Baruti's books!

Originally Posted by Kentake

The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G.Woodson
(this is the one of the many conscious books i started reading at age 18, and it was the book that started me on my path of RE-Afrikanization)

Notes Toward Higher Ideals in Afrikan Intellectual Liberation by Mwalimu Baruti

Black Women in Antiquity by Ivan Van Sertima

Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Slave Trade by John Henrik Clarke

Asafo by Mwalimu Baruti (still reading)

Yurugu by Marimba Ani (still reading)

Sacred Woman by Queen Afua

all books by Dr. Yosef Ben Jochannan

The Last Book by Baba Kamau Kambon

Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery by Na'im Akbar

Black Woman: Original Guardian Angel by Ishakamusa Barashango

The Black Holocaust for Beginners by S.E. Anderson (very good for high school students)

Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery by Bell Hooks

The Philosophies and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Blueprint for Black Power by Amos Wilson

[Kentake]

Aane, sistah, i plan on getting all of Baba Mwalimu Baruti's books too. Little by little. I hope to pass them down to my son so when he comes of age he can study them too and APPLY the knowledge to the process of RE-Afrikanization. Because as we know sistah, books are not just for reading, we MUST process, overs-stand and apply the knowledge to our daily lives so it becomes WISDOM, so we ACT on what we LEARN. Here are a few more. Yunno, it's funny i have read alot of books over the years and somehow i cannot remember all of dem. But i will list here the books that have had the most profound effect on me, which are the ones i can NEVER forget.

Awakening the Natural Genius of Black Children by Amos Wilson

All Things Censored by Mumia Abu-Jamal

Heal Thyself by Queen Afua

Afrikan Holistic Health by Dr.Llaila Afrika

The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal by Afua Cooper
-this book tells the story about the enslaved Afrikan female who burned down Montreal and was then executed for doing so. It is very unknown that there was slavery in Canadaso this book breaks the "myth" of a "we are the world" canada as so many tend to believe. It is available to order at Amazon.

Tariq Sawandi-- Research link/ www.blackherbals.com/science_of_african_biochemistry.htm
All links by Tariq Sawandi (do a google search with his name)

Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica by Zora Neale Hurston

The Adinkra Dictionary

The Theft of Afrikan Civilization and its' Ramifications Towards the Year 2001 by Hamet Maulana (this book was written and published in Ghana)
for more info contact Afrikan World Reparations and Repatriation Truth Commission (AWRRTC)

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Blueprint for Black Power,
Black on Black Violence,
The Developmental Psychology of the Black Child and
Awakening the Natural Genius of Black Children
all by Amos Wilson

The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams

Yurugu: An African-Centered Critique of European Thought and Behavior by Marimba Ani

The Psychopathic Racial Personality by Bobby E. Wright

Intellectual Warfare and
Mdw Ntr Divine Speech: A Historiographical Reflection of African Deep Thought from the Time of Pharaohs to the Present by Jacob Carruthers

Return to the African Mother Principle of Male and Female Equality by Oba T. Shaka

The Historical Origin of Christianity &
The Historical Origin of Islam by Walter Williams

The Astrological Foundation of the Christ Myth Books 1-4 by Malik H. Jabbar

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney

Historical Deception: The Untold Story of Ancient Egypt &
Exiled Egyptians: The Heart of Africa by Moustafa Gadalla

Metu Neter Vol. 1: The Great Oracle of Tehuti and the Egyptian System of Spiritual Cultivation &
Metu Neter Vol. 2: Anuk Ausar, The Kamitic Initiation System by Ra Un Nefer Amen

The Philosophies and Opinions of Marcus Garvey

Nutricide &
African Holistic Health by Dr. Llaila Afrika

The Maroon Within Us by Asa Hilliard

African Presence in Early Asia by Runoko Rashidi

They Came Before Columbus &
Egypt Revisited by Ivan Van Sertima

The Isis Papers by Frances Cress-Welsing

The Husia by Maulana Karenga

Melanin: A Key to Freedom by Carol Barnes

Melanin: The Chemical Key to Black Greatness by Richard King

Civilization or Barbarism & Precolonial Black Africa by Cheik Anta Diop

Stolen Legacy by George G.M. James

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

The Miseducation of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson

World's Great Men of Color Volumes 1 and 2 by J.A. Rogers

The Star of Deep Beginnings (The Genesis of African Science and Technology) by Charles S. Finch III, M.D.

Philosophy of Engagement (An Ideological Basis for the Liberation of the African People) by J.S. Agboton

Racial Matters (The FBI's Secret File on Black America 1960-1972) by Kenneth O'Reilly

The United-Independent Compensatory Code/System/Concept: A Textbook/Workbook for Thought, Speech, and/or Action, for Victims of Racism (White Supremacy) by Neely Fuller

Shockley on Eugenics and Race: The Application of Science to the Solution of Human Problems by Roger Pearson

Countering the Conspiracy to Destroy Black Boys Series by Jawanza Kunjufu

Forced into Glory: Abraham Lincoln's White Dream by Lerone Bennett

The Eloquence of the Scribes (A Memoir on the Sources and Resources of African Literature) by Ayi Kwei Armah

African Spirituality on Becoming Ancestors by Anthony Ephirim-Donkor

The Way of the Elders (West African Spirituality & Tradition) by Adama & Naomi Doumbia Ph.D.

After God is Dibia: Igbo Cosmology, Divination & Sacred Science in Nigeria Volumes 1 and 2 by John Anenechukwu Umeh

African Cosmology of the Bantu-Kongo: Tying the Spiritual Knot * Principles of Life and Living by Kimbwandende Kia Bunseki Fu-Kiau, Ph.D.

The Quest for Spiritual Transformation: Introduction to Traditional Akan Religion, Rituals and Practices by Nana Akua Kyerewaa Opukuwaa

Speaking for the Chief: Okyeame and the Politics of Akan Royal Oratory by Kwesi Yankah

Revolutionary Thought by Batu Shakari