Suggested Starter Reading List to Learn More About the African Diaspora
Note: These books are listed in no specific order. There are many more books that could be mentioned on this list but these are the ones that I’ve found to be most revealing. These authors also have more than one book to their credit and I recommend researching and reading them.
Browder, Anthony: Exploding the Myths, Vol 1, Nile Valley Contributions to Civilization. Washington: The Institute of Karmic Guidance, 1992
Williams, Chancellor: The Destruction of Black Civilization: Great Issues of a Race from 4500 BC to 2000 AD. Chicago: Third World Press, 1974
Hilliard. Asa G IIl: SBA: The Reawakening of the African Mind. Gainesville: Makare Publishing Co., 1997
Woodson, Carter G: The Miseducation of the Negro. Washington: Associated Publishers, 1933
Carruthers, Jacob: Intellectual Warfare. Chicago: Third world Press, 1999
Jackson, John G: Introduction to African Civilizations. New York: The Citadel Press 1970
Stuckey, Sterling: Slave Culture: Nationalist Theory and the Foundations of Black America. New York: Random House, 1987
Wilson, Amos N: The Falsification of African Consciousness: Eurocentric History, Psychology, and the Policy of White Supremacy. New York: African World Infosystems, 1993
Welsing, Frances Cress: The Isis Papers: The Keys to the Colors. Chicago: Third World Press, 1991
Nobles Wade W: African Psychology: Toward It’s Reclamation, Reascension & Revitalization. Oakland: Institute for Advanced Study, 1986
Ani, Marimba: Let the Circle be Unbroken: The Implication of African Spirituality in the Diaspora. New York: Nkonomfo Publishing, 1997
Finch, Charles. Echoes of the Old Darkland: Themes from the African Eden. Decatur: Khenti, 1994
James, George GM: Stolen Legacy: Greek Philosophy is Stolen Egyptian Philosophy. Africa World Press, Trenton: 1995
Bennett, Lerone. Before the Mayflower: A History of Black America. New York: Penguin Books, 1993
Harriot, Michael. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America. New York: Dey Street Books, 2023
Rogers, Joel A: Africa's Gift to America. St. Petersburg: Helga M Rogers, 1961
Benton, Joe, Derrick Jackson, Burnett Gallman. Project Sankofa: A Rites of Passage Program.: Philosophy, Theory & Overview, Expanded Second Edition. Columbia: Imhotep-The Drum, 2022
Browder, Anthony T: From the Browder File: 23 Essays on the African American Experience. Washington: Institute of Karmic Guidance, 1989
Burrell, Tom: Brainwashed: Challenging the Myth of Black Inferiority. Carson: Smiley Books, 2010
King, Martin Luther Jr.: Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community? Boston: Beacon Press, 2010
Van Sertima, Ivan. They Came Before Columbus: The African Presence in Ancient America. New York: Random House, 2003
Horne, Gerald. The Counter-Revolution of 17876: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America. New York: New York University Press, 2016