Series: Black Literary and Cultural Expressions

A powerful biography that presents analysis of a black working-class woman who rose from a tenement slum in intensely racialised British Guiana to become a leading anti-colonialism, workers’ rights and women’s liberation activist in Britain. Jessica Huntley's Pan-African Life celebrates Huntley's importance as a leading figure in the Windrush-era resistance to the multiple, racialised injustices faced by black settlers, children,...

· 2025 Locus Awards Winner, Non-Fiction · 2025 Ignyte Awards Winner, Outstanding Creative Nonfiction · 2025 Next Generation Indie Book Awards Finalist, African American Non-Fiction · 2024 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards Finalist · 2024 British Science Fiction Association Award (BSFA) Shortlist, Best Short Non-Fiction · 2024 BSFA Award Longlist, Best Long Non-Fiction · One of Brittle Paper's...

A timely look at contemporary African American creative works through the lens of Ta-Nehisi Coates's ground-breaking entry into the comic book industry. Writing Black Panther traces Ta-Nehisi Coates’s presence in comic books from 2015-2023, focusing on his contributions as the writer for Black Panther. His ambitious 50-issue run of the Marvel comic coincided with ongoing and multifaceted debates concerning diversity...

A timely look at contemporary African American creative works through the lens of Ta-Nehisi Coates's ground-breaking entry into the comic book industry. Writing Black Panther traces Ta-Nehisi Coates’s presence in comic books from 2015-2023, focusing on his contributions as the writer for Black Panther. His ambitious 50-issue run of the Marvel comic coincided with ongoing and multifaceted debates concerning diversity...

An imaginative, narratological reading of Chinua Achebe's novels, stories, poetry, and essays through a literary and historical framework. Toyin Falola analyzes fictional and historical cartographies of Africa in Achebe’s literary works to offer a critical representation of Africa's present and future. In particular, he focuses on the historical valuation of a full range of the writer's works – novels including...