Thursday, December 23, 2010

African Diaspora Reading Challenge

2010 I decided to participate in two reading challenges. The first one I signed up for  African Diaspora Reading Challenge. Here was my list on December 12, 2009....

  • Lucy- Jamaica Kincaid
  • The Autobiography of My Brother- Jamaica Kincaid
  • In Search of Satisfication- J. California Cooper
  • Some People Some Other Place- J. California Cooper
  • Some Love Some Pain Sometime- J.California Cooper
  • Sugar Cage- Connie May Fowler
  • Vodoo Dreams- Jewell Parker Rhodes
  • Vodoo Season- Jewell Parker Rhodes
  • The Dew Breaker- Edwidge Danticat
  • Breath, Eyes, Memory- Edwidge Danticat
  • The Street- Ann Petry
  • Blues Legacies and Black Feminism- Angela Y. Davis
Here is a updated version. I needed to replace some titles. I decided to read other books instead. I need to read 2 more for this challenge. Right now I am at the Versed Commitment. A commitment to read 8 books. My goal is the scholar commitment to read 12 books.

  • Catch The Fire- Edited by Derrick I.M. Gilbert
  • Killing Johnny Fry- Walter Mosely
  • Value in The Valley: A Black Woman's Guide Through Life Dilemmas- Iyanla Vanzant
  • Some Love, Some Pain, Sometime:Stories- J. California Cooper
  • Poems of Phillis Wheatley
  • Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self- Recovery- bell hooks
  • Sassafrass, Cypress and Indigo- Ntozake Shange
  • Lilliane- Ntozake Shange
  • Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now- Maya Angelou
  • The House at Sugar Beach- Helen Cooper

No comments: