Bantu Book Review
Your weekly listen to the latest from the Bantu Library which is comprised of books written by authors of color. Engage, rate, subscribe. Welcome to the tribe.
Episodes
Check out the first episode of Bantu Book Review.
Children of Blood and Bone up this week.
How ironic that it's the eve of Independence Day in the USA. Ignore them fools bussin' off firecrackers in the background- they've been at it for weeks now. Walk with me- I hope you've got your traveling shoes and our book this week.
Short and Sweet.
Check it Out then hug your Mama for holding you down.
Fired and Inspired.
Shoutout to categorizedtweets.com
This is a love story and we all need love.
Shoutout to categorizedtweets.com for the twentylemth time.
Step up or get stepped on.
Shoutout to categorizedtweets.com (AGAIN!) and also to Queen Bey and King James.
Read this book!
Shoutout to the following:
CATEGORIZEDTWEETS.COM
WE READ TOO APP
MOOD METER APP
This short story takes us on an intergalactic journey!
I'm doing a lot of ranting and raving in this episode because the book was SO SO GOODT!
Read it.
Shoutout to the people who are out here getting free from the labels, the limits, and the lies
#justdoit
#blackgirlmagic
Ranting > Reviewing = This Week's Episode
I've been inspired by young Binti to stand up and say the things that need to be said. It doesnt have to be perfect but it does have to be done.
The broken can make change. We gotta fight for our lives.
This is a story of coordinated retaliation. Reader Beware.
Shoutouts:
Sometimes other people's mistakes (foolery, nonsense, etc.) cost you everything...aint that about a bih
Shoutout to ACTIVISM by way of REPRESENTATION:
(Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman)
(Kaya Thomas)
It's hard to name the feeling you get when you remember a love you lost.
Shoutout to #WeNeedDiverseBooks
Thanks for listening
There's NOTHING like genuine love- a mirror that shows you the truth of you.
SHOUTOUTS:
Episode 15: Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's Southside by Eve Ewing
Required reading for the people who throw stones and hide their hands.
Shoutout:
If you love romance, you will enjoy this book.
If you, like me, have personal issues that have you paying the excess baggage fee for every trip, you too, should read this book with the understanding that you will be triggered.
Take. Heed. But also, read this book.
SHOUTOUTS:
Sisterhood
Shoutout to all the people who love to read books and the people who write them. This ecosystem is so crucial.
#TheBalladOfBlackTom by Victor Lavalle
-A MAJOR Upgrade/Improvement on "The Horror at Red Hook" by HP Lovecraft
Optioned by AMC*
Had the itis from the Holiday. Episode is late (again) but, let me live
Video:
https://bit.ly/2zprlUU
Hilarious, heart-wrenching, gut-punching.
It made me LOL and then very, very uncomfortable and then LMAO.
SHOUTOUTS.
Samantha Irby because BITCHES GOTTA EAT
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