Blackass

Author : A. Igoni Barrett
Publisher : Graywolf Press
ISBN 13 : 1555979262
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Blackass written by A. Igoni Barrett and published by Graywolf Press. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Furo Wariboko, a young Nigerian, awakes the morning before a job interview to find that he's been transformed into a white man. In this condition he plunges into the bustle of Lagos to make his fortune. With his red hair, green eyes, and pale skin, it seems he's been completely changed. Well, almost. There is the matter of his family, his accent, his name. Oh, and his black ass. Furo must quickly learn to navigate a world made unfamiliar and deal with those who would use him for their own purposes. Taken in by a young woman called Syreeta and pursued by a writer named Igoni, Furo lands his first-ever job, adopts a new name, and soon finds himself evolving in unanticipated ways. A. Igoni Barrett's Blackass is a fierce comic satire that touches on everything from race to social media while at the same time questioning the values society places on us simply by virtue of the way we look. As he did in Love Is Power, or Something Like That, Barrett brilliantly depicts life in contemporary Nigeria and details the double-dealing and code-switching that are implicit in everyday business. But it's Furo's search for an identity--one deeper than skin--that leads to the final unraveling of his own carefully constructed story.

Author : Anthony X
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1524649422
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Kiss My Black Ass! written by Anthony X and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-11-09 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is his journeya Black Kiss-story thats full of funny, entertaining, and in some cases, heartbreaking stories of his years as a die-hard Kiss fan committed to the hottest band in the land. Its the voice for everyone who was there and remembers what it was like being a hardcore Kiss fan back in the day, with all the mystery, excitement, anticipation, and mania, but also the rejection, taunting, and funny looks. So get ready to go back to a time before you had a full-time job, responsibilities, commitments, the stress of daily life, and when Kiss was the most important thing in your life. Get ready to relive your magical Kiss years all over again.

Author : Just A Messenger
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cuz I Love Your Black Ass written by Just A Messenger and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-19 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not your average self help book. This book gets right to the point, literally, from the introduction. The health craze has certainly taken over the world in recent years but this messenger sees that craze has yet to reach the black community, specifically black men. The unorthodox delivery in this masterpiece is full of straight to the point facts mixed with humor that will inspire or maybe offend you. Definitely a once in a generation read.

Author : Sihle Khumalo
Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa
ISBN 13 : 1415202931
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dark Continent my Black Arse written by Sihle Khumalo and published by Penguin Random House South Africa. This book was released on 2011-03-28 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2003 Sihle Khumalo decided to give up a lucrative job and a comfortable life style in Durban and to celebrate his 30th birthday by crossing the continent from south to north. Celebrating life with gusto and in inimitable style, he describes a journey fraught with discomfort, mishap, ecstasy, disillusionment, discovery and astonishing human encounters. A journey that would be acceptable madness in a white man is regarded by the author’s fellow Africans as an extraordinary and inexplicable expenditure of time and money. Newly conscious of language barriers and regional difference in a continent still unexplored by the majority of Africans, the author presents a strikingly original and highly enjoyable account of a unique adventure. Each chapter is prefaced by a description of the ‘father of the nation’ of the country in question and ends with a hilarious ‘important tip’.

Author : Karen E. Quinones Miller
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451607822
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Angry-Ass Black Woman written by Karen E. Quinones Miller and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the impoverished early years of Ke-Ke, who awakens from a coma in her midlife to confront events that shaped her resolve to leave Harlem, earn an education, and pursue a writing career.

Author : Miranda y Pearson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781941749494
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sit Your Black A.S.S. Down! written by Miranda y Pearson and published by . This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A no-nonsense guide for all parents who love their sons. Created for parents who have become frustrated because their sons are frustrated and for those who need guidance in navigating the public school system to ensure it will not fail their child - not just academically but socially and emotionally as well. This guide will empower you as a parent! It will show you how NOT to allow society or public school to label your son as ... ANOTHER SOCIAL STATISTIC!

Author : Quincy T. Mills
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812245415
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cutting Along the Color Line written by Quincy T. Mills and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2013-11-21 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the history of black-owned barber shops in the United States, from pre-Civil War Era through today.

Author : Karen Hill Anton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578696607
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The View From Breast Pocket Mountain written by Karen Hill Anton and published by . This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On a journey from NYC to mountainside Japan, the reader will first experience Iran and Afghanistan. Serendipitous encounters with famous people add color to this unusual story. Interactions with everyday folk, shared experiences of love, hope and tragedy, highlight our interconnectedness and humanity.

Author : Dilys Sillah
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781912551910
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Not This Widow written by Dilys Sillah and published by . This book was released on 2020-02-22 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not This Widow is an intimate and poignant memoir about the sudden death of a much-loved husband and father. After unexpectedly becoming a widow, Dilys Sillah recounts her experience of transitioning from a devoted wife to a young widow thwarted with challenges she could never have imagined. Losing a loved one is gut-wrenching enough, yet this book explores the significant role that culture and tradition play in stifling the grieving process of new widows. Not This Widow, speaks of the unspoken challenges, pressures and traditions forced upon some widows. Complete with four stories from other women who share similar experiences, this book gives voice to many widows whose stories and experiences have gone undocumented and urges us to change the narrative. This book provides practical advice for anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one. It is a powerful story of resilience, steely determination and dignity, giving hope to anyone who has loved and lost too soon.

Author : Jarett Kobek
Publisher : Serpent's Tail
ISBN 13 : 1782833145
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Hate the Internet written by Jarett Kobek and published by Serpent's Tail. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In New York in the middle of the twentieth century, comic book companies figured out how to make millions from comics without paying their creators anything. In San Francisco at the start of the twenty-first century, tech companies figured out how to make millions from online abuse without paying its creators anything. In the 1990s, Adeline drew a successful comic book series that ended up making her kind-of famous. In 2013, Adeline aired some unfashionable opinions that made their way onto the Internet. The reaction of the Internet, being a tool for making millions in advertising revenue from online abuse, was predictable. The reaction of the Internet, being part of a culture that hates women, was to send Adeline messages like 'Drp slut ... hope u get gang rape.' Set in a San Francisco hollowed out by tech money, greed and rampant gentrification, I Hate the Internet is a savage indictment of the intolerable bullshit of unregulated capitalism and an uproarious, hilarious but above all furious satire of our Internet Age.