From Grammy Award-winning singer Ashanti comes an empowering story about a girl who learns to love her unique name.First days aren’t easy for a girl with a name like Ashanti. It feels like no one can pronounce it correctly! But with some encouragement from her mom, Ashanti spells her name and learns just how special it is.A is for awesome, S is for sunsets, H is for hand games, A is for art…Inspired by Ashanti’s own experience, this delight...

Diary of a Confused Educator charts the journey of Ashanti Branch M.Ed.-award-winning teacher, mentor and founder of the Ever Forward Club and the #MillionMaskMovement-over his past two decades of impact. When Ashanti began teaching math near Oakland, CA where he was born and raised, he thought getting students to study and pass tests would be his biggest challenge. Instead, he discovered something deeper: a system that left too many young people feeling unseen, unheard and unsuppo...

A powerful coming-of-age story that explores family, identity, and finding your voice amid the destruction of a hurricane."This is an excellent examination of the ways wealth, gender, and color can shape and at times create mental and emotional fractures. Verdict: A great title for public and high school libraries looking for books that offer a nuanced look at patriarchy, wealth, and gender dynamics." —School Library Journal (starred review)"Bromfield may h...

"A devastating and nuanced look at two teens’ battle for freedom, hope, independence, and love." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)Perfect for fans of The Black Kids, Songs of Irie is a sweeping coming-of-age novel from Asha Bromfield about a budding romance struggling to survive amidst the Jamaican civil unrest of the 1970s.It's 1976 and Jamaica is on fire. The country is on the eve of important elections and t...

Based on the critically acclaimed dramatic film and inspired by true events, No Address shows how homelessness could happen to anyone.No Address is a gripping tale about a group of individuals who find themselves homeless due to unfortunate circumstances. It provides a realistic portrayal of their fight for survival against the gangs, vigilantes, and an uncompassionate community.Lauren, a recent high school graduate, ret...

In this humorous and honest poetry collection, ‘Princess of Hip Hop’ Ashanti shares her unique perspective on life and love.Bestselling recording artist Ashanti stormed the pop charts with her self-titled debut album, going all the way to #1 and staying there for 10 weeks, garnering legions of loyal fans, and earning herself the nickname the 'Princess of Hip Hop.' In Foolish/Unfoolish, Ashanti explores the same themes that make her music so real for her fa...

Let Freedom Ring presents a two-decade sweep of essays, analyses, histories, interviews, resolutions, People’s Tribunal verdicts, and poems by and about the scores of U.S. political prisoners and the campaigns to safeguard their rights and secure their freedom. In addition to an extensive section on the campaign to free death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, represented here are the radical movements that have most challenged the U.S. empire from within: Black Panthers and other Bl...

Breakups are the worst. Zinzi has had her fair share of them. But having a half-Satyr reveal he was using her as his 'fat fem' experiment for two moons might take the cake. Rather than mourning her situationship, Zinzi dries her tears and treats herself to a solo date at the local tavern. Everything goes to plan until a handsome, human warrior, Marquis of Harenae, offers to buy her a pint of mead.Marquis is a warrior by trade. Well, he used to be until an untimely freeze-up resulte...

An engrossing autobiographical exploration of black masculinity as a mode of racial and verbal performance.In Your Average Nigga, Vershawn Ashanti Young disputes the belief that speaking Standard English and giving up Black English Vernacular helps black students succeed academically. Young argues that this assumption not only exaggerates the differences between two compatible varieties of English but forces black males to choose between an education and their masc...

Honey Fontaine has spent much of her adult life dodging her mother's attempts to marry her off, and has had enough. Her mother, having changed her own life by marrying into comfort and means, is determined to find a similar suitable match for her daughter, much to Honey's distress. At her wits end, Honey decides to enlist the support of Ashley Elliot, a well-off club owner and determined flirt, who will pretend to be Honey's man. Ashley is not Honey's usual type, but she finds herself incr...

THE MAGIC POWER OF THE DJINN!By Ashanti StarrWe dare not reveal too much information about the contents of The Magic Power of the Djinn by Ashanti Starr. What we can say is that for countless centuries the mysterious spirits known as Djinn have moved among us silent and unrecognised. The Djinn are older than mankind and were once angels created by Allah who fell from favour when they refused to bow down to mortals. They can, however, be controlled by a morta...

First collection by a beloved thinker in Black anarchismOne of the enduring legacies of the Black Power Era is the turn by some revolutionaries toward a politics that questioned hierarchical leadership, patriarchy, and the role of the state in social transformation. This practice came to define a distinct form of anarchism rooted in the Black experience. Ashanti Omawali Alston helped nurture and define this turn through his experiences with the Black Panther Party ...