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What's the best book you ever read and will read over and over again

Permalink Reply by Fenix on November 13, 2007 at 3:25pm: Good question! I have a small "traveling library" of books that I take with me wherever I go that includes: Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder. It's a novel about the history of philosophy, Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison, Assata's Autobiography and the Confucian Analects. Can't travel anywhere without those books.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Nefertiti on November 14, 2007 at 4:00pm: Yeah im about to shift into reading gear now that the winter is approaching, I'll have more time to put into it, besides my Afrocentric and deep philosophy collection of books I enjoy reading Maryse Conde she's one of my favorites authors with books as who slashed celanaire's throat and crossing the mangrove love em good entertainment reading, I like Sistah Souljah too!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Abena Afreeka on November 14, 2007 at 11:23pm: Akwaaba!

I have recently taken to reading "fiction" novels by authors of Afreekan Descent. They tell the stories of the going's on in the hoods all across amerikka. I'm am finding them extremely informative in that they allow me to strenghten the connection to the younger generation. Through their 'stories' I learn or have validated, the experiences which support the destructive behaviors many are engaging in.
As a child, I was an avid reader. The books which were readily available to me during that time however was harlequin novels and the like. I also read many of OUR authors, (i.e Manchild in a Promised land etc).
One example of a recent book I read is: Son of a Snitch, Michael Evans This tells the story of an 11 year old whose father was involved in drug dealing, murder etc. and who, in order to "save" his family and wife in particular from going to jail, became a "snitch". The devastating impact this had on his son in the hood is told and it shows the cycle of drugs, violence and families' quest to get ahead (ie gain economic security) using the options available to them.

These stories are tragic and REAL, in terms of what is going on the hoods (ghettos) all across amerikkka. They serve to aid me in maintainig compassion for those who live their lives in the Margins of this hell hole called amerikkka.

Thanks for sharing and Thanks for listening to M.E. (Mama Earth) share; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jalili B. Jimiyu on November 16, 2007 at 4:37pm: Hmmmm tough question in it's simplcity...for me anyway.

I'd have to say anything by Richard Wright, "Black Boy" being my favorite of his. The way the story is put together it is an autobiography but it shows how unbelievable life is compared to fiction. I also have a place for "Birth of a Nation" by Aaron McGruder. Being a comicbook it may not seem like an intense read but it is very detailed in the way the nation comes together in the story. I say every one (hows into nation building and a laugh) should pick it up.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Fenix on November 16, 2007 at 6:54pm: You know what,"Birth of a Nation" is very intense. I think I've read it like three times. Nice choice.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jalili B. Jimiyu on November 16, 2007 at 11:54pm: It was surprisingly intense. I was laughing my behind off in the beginning but once the detail came out WOW!!!

I have a copy that I sit on a coffee table next to a book of African photography and "African Holistic Health" another must read.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by SHAKIM1969 on June 11, 2008 at 2:55am: The best book that had the pleasure to read and will read over and over has got to be Afrikan Holistic Health by Dr.Laila o Afrika.; ▶ Reply to This