This February, Abantu Audio has chosen select audiobooks to celebrate black history with unique stories from black authors. The history of Africans in the American continents is rich with cultural and contemporary significance. Clicking each book will take you to our Audiobook page, where you can preview a Demo and Listen Free for 30 Days.
This book details the historic Greenwood District of Oklahoma, one of the most prosperous cites for black enterprise. Home to the largest race riot in American history in 1921, Black Wall Street examines the complex history of Greenwood and how it has evolved to the center of cultural renaissance it currently inhabits today.
Written by an investigative journalist, Civil Rights activist, and a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Ida B. Wells dives deep into the violence of lynchings in the South. Her reporting gives insight to false accusations and racist legal institutions that resulted in experienced horror for many African-Americans.
Frederick Douglass, who wrote a letter to Ida B. Wells in 1892 included in her book, Southern Horrors, escaped slavery in Maryland and became a vocal proponent for abolition and the freedom of all peoples. His autobiography details chilling accounts of his experiences as a slave and inspires many in his philosophy toward liberation and equality.
DuBois was a sociologist, Civil Rights activist, and the first African-American to earn a Doctorate degree from Harvard University. Also a founder of NAACP, Dubois in his book, The Conservation of Races, delves into the ecological realities of humans and how that is impacted by race. This influential work challenges traditional views on race and has proven a timeless piece from a leading black thinker.
Olaudah Equiano was born in the West African Kingdom of Benin, where he was consequently captured and sold into slavery, forced to work in the Caribbean. His autobiography gives a gripping account of his life as a slave and the horrors he experienced and saw. Traveling between different continents and being sold into slavery multiple times, Equiano’s story is inspiring from one of the earliest leaders in the anti-slave trade movement.
In this essay, author Floyd Williams details his thoughts on the Origin of Racism, inspired by the writings and teachings of El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X) and Elijah Muhammad. In his work, Williams gives a spiritual and analytical perspective on the social and spiritual ramifications of race and the prejudice underlying the treatment of different people.
All of these books provide unique perspectives from a myriad of backgrounds. This Black History Month, we hope you will join us in learning more about Black History through our titles and support black-led initiatives in representing Our Stories and Our Voices through Abantu Audio.
