Reading List
The books below are not listed in order of importance. We have endeavored to present a comprehensive reading list that provides an in-depth understanding of the world we live in, to arm you for the struggle to transform this world for the better. In other words, education for total liberation. We hope it is not overwhelming and advise you to research each title to know if it is what you are looking for.
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African History / History
The Destruction of Black Civilization by Chancellor Williams
The Re-birth of African Civilization by Chancellor Williams
Civilization or Barbarism by Cheikh Anta Diop
Pre-colonial Black Africa by Cheikh Anta Diop
Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy Stolen Egyptian Philosophy by George G. M. James
How Europe Under-Developed Africa by Walter Rodney
Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams
Black Mother by Basil Davidson
Pan-Africanism: A History by Hakim Adi
The Price of Slavery: Capitalism and Revolution in the Caribbean by Nick Nesbitt
Black Jacobins by C. L. R. James
A History of Pan-African Revolt by C. L. R. James (Intro by Robin D. G. Kelley)
They Came Before Columbus by Ivan Van Sertima
Rape of Paradise: Columbus and the Birth of Racism in the Americas by Jan Carew
Open Veins of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
Religion & Liberation Theology
Black Theology and Black Power by James Cone
God of the Oppressed by James Cone
Black Arabia and the African Origin of Islam by Dr. Wesley Muhammad
Islam and Revolution by Kaukab Siddique
The Left Hand of God: Taking Back our Country from the Religious Right by Michael Lerner
A Theology of Liberation: History, Politics and Salvation by Gustavo Gutierrez
A Pan-African Theology: Providence and the Legacies of the Ancestors by Josiah Ulysses Young III
Revolution and Religion by Sekou Toure
Recovering the Sacred: The Power of Naming and Claiming by Winona La Duke
Christianity, Islam and the Negro Race by Edward W. Blyden
Fidel and Religion: Conversations with Frei Betto
Quran of the Oppressed: Liberation Theology and Gender Justice in Islam by Shadaab Rahemtulla
The Black Christ by Kelly Brown Douglas
Islamic Liberation Theology by Hamid Dabashi
Religion Versus Religion by Ali Shariati
On the Sociology of Islam: Lectures by Ali Shariati, translated by Hamid Algar
Islam and the Third Universal Theory: The Religious Thought of Muammar al-Qadhafi by Mahmoud Mustafa Ayoub
The Radical King: Martin Luther King Jr, edited and introduced by Cornel West
Socialism / Marxism / Communism
Ujamaa: Essays on Socialism by Julius K. Nyerere
Elements of African Socialism by Bede Onuoha
Arab Socialism by Abdel M. Said
Arguments for Socialism by Tony Benn
The Philosophy of the Revolution by Gamal Abdel Nasser
Arab Ba’th Socialist Party: Evolution of Arab Revolutionary Ideology by Elyas Farah
On African Socialism by Leopold Sedar Senghor
Socialism’s Ignored Success: Iranian Islamic Socialism by Ramin Mazaheri
Socialism with Chinese Characteristics: A Guide for Foreigners by Roland Boer
Four Essays on Philosophy by Mao Zedong
Ho Chi Minh on Revolution: Selected Writings 1920 – 1966
State and Revolution by V. I. Lenin
What Is To Be Done by V. I. Lenin
The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx & Frederick Engels
Introduction to Marxism by Emile Burns
Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Frederick Engels, introduction by George Novack
Neo-colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism by Kwame Nkrumah
Class Struggle in Africa by Kwame Nkrumah
Black Liberation and Socialism by Ahmed Shawki
Decolonial Marxism: Essays from the Pan-African Revolution by Walter Rodney
Socialism Made Easy by James Connolly
Autobiographies
The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley
My People Shall Live: Autobiography of a Revolutionary – Leila Khaled as told to George Hajjar
Part of My Soul Went with Him by Winnie Mandela
Philosophy / Political Thought / Cultural Theory
The Afrocentric Idea by Molefi Kete Asante
Afrocentricity by Molefi Kete Asante
Being Human Being: Transforming the Race Discourse by Molefi Kete Asante
Consciencism by Kwame Nkrumah
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
Intellectual Warfare by Jacob H Carruthers
The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey by Amy Jacques Garvey
Marxism and Other Western Fallacies by Ali Shariati
The Green Book by Muammar al-Qaddafi
I Write What I Like by Steve Biko
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
Black Skin White Masks by Frantz Fanon
Toward the African Revolution by Frantz Fanon
A Dying Colonialism by Frantz Fanon
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
Discourse on Colonialism by Aime Cesaire
Groundings with my Brothers by Walter Rodney
A Destiny to Mold: Selected Discourses by Forbes Burnham
Blood In My Eye by George L. Jackson
Capitalism: A Ghost Story by Arundhati Roy
The End of Representative Politics by Simon Tormey
The End of Politicians: Time for a Real Democracy by Brett Hennig
Democracy for the Few by Machael Parenthi
Reform or Revolution by Rosa Luxemburg
James Connolly: Selected Writings, edited by Peter Berresford-Ellis
Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuiwhai Smith
Introduction to Black Studies by Maulana Karenga
The Ideology of Racism by Samuel Yeboah
Moving the Centre: The Struggle for Cultural Freedoms by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
Yurugu: An African-Centered Critique of European Cultural Though and Behavior by Marimba Ani
Jose Marti Reader: Writings on the Americas, Intro by Ivan A. Schulman
The Question of Palestine by Edward W. Said
How to be an Anti-Capitalist in the 21st Century by Erik Olin Wright
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis
Yearning: Race, Gender and Cultural Politics by Bell Hooks
Liberation Movements
Hamas: Unwritten Chapters by Azzam Tamimi
Hizbullah: The Story from Within by Naim Qassem
Zapatistas: The Chiapas Revolt and what it means for Radical Politics by Mihalis Mentinis
Revolutionary Speeches
Samora Machel: An African Revolutionary: Selected Speeches and Writings edited by Barry Munslow
To Die For The People by Huey Newton, edited by Toni Morrison
Stokely Speaks: From Black Power to Pan-Africanism by Kwame Ture, foreword by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Unity and Struggle: Speeches and Writings of Amilcar Cabral
Return to the Source: Selected Speeches of Amilcar Cabral
Thomas Sankara Speaks: The Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-1987
Malcom X: By Any Means Necessary
Malcom X: The Last Speeches, edited by Bruce Perry
Tomorrow Is Too Late by Fidel Castro
History Will Absolve Me by Fidel Castro
Che Guevara Speaks
Maurice Bishop Speaks: The Grenada Revolution and its Overthrow 1979-83 edited by Marcus Bruce & Michael Taber
Towards the Socialist Revolution, Forbes Burnham
Environment & Social Ecology
What Every Environmentalist Needs to Know About Capitalism by Fred Magdoff and John Bellamy Foster
Remaking Society: Pathways to a Green Future by Murray Bookchin
Towards a Sustainable Economy: The Need for Fundamental Change by Ted Trainer
Bright Green Lies: How the Environmental Movement Lost Its Way and What We Can Do About It by Derrick Jensen, Lierre Keith and Max Wilbert
Small is Beautiful by E. F. Schumacher