nicole is here to learn | #ReadSoulLit Tag @nicoleisheretolearn | Uploaded February 2019 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
Sorry this video is a little all over the place!
And I realise I could have cited the favourite books I chose by male authors for the classics question, but I didn't want to double up :')

// Correction: Akissi is illustrated by Mathieu Sapin! //

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All D Books:
youtube.com/watch?v=nHkoglzPjk8
(Thanks for tagging me, Doris!)

Brown Girl Reading Original Tag Video:
youtube.com/watch?v=MX_9B6wBoZg

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TAG QUESTIONS

1. What book(s) are you looking forward to reading this February in honour of black History Month?

2. Cite and talk about a classic #readsoullit book published before 1970 that you love.

3. What #readsoullit book would you like to see adapted to film?

4. Show and talk about one of your favourite #readsoullit books by a male author.

5. What #readsoullit new release(s) are you excited about this year?

6. A lot of us diehard fans refer to Toni Morrison as "The Queen". Which writer do you feel could be the next Queen in African-American Literature?

7. What's the last book by an African-American author you read, loved and gave 4 or 5 stars?

8. Show some beautiful books by African-American authors?

9. Black History Month is about its people. What book would you like to read to learn more about African-Americans?

10. Show what you're currently reading from your #readsoullit TBR.

11. Lastly, tag 5 or more people to do this tag.

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I'M TAGGING:

Meonicorn / The Bookish Land
youtube.com/channel/UC5XL_GfMwk-lY1gOz3rElUg

Claire Reads Books
youtube.com/channel/UCE1986mkMBPwxm-BCHDJCiQ

Matt MCS Books
youtube.com/channel/UCLy809DbEyHPuxItlEYU-RA

Diana in Colour
youtube.com/channel/UCMyGIVcrITmi2gh3YlevLdQ

You reading this right now! :)


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EMY'S VIDEO ON THE USE OF THE WORD "RACE" IN THE FRENCH LANGUAGE:
youtube.com/watch?v=NcGK_bNwhRI


BOOKS MENTIONED/SHOWN

Noire n'est pas mon métier (anthology)
goodreads.com/book/show/40036571-noire-n-est-pas-mon-m-tier

James Baldwin
goodreads.com/book/show/12989933-another-country

Discours sur le colonialisme by Aimé Césaire
goodreads.com/book/show/161971.Discours_sur_le_colonialisme

Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
goodreads.com/book/show/18480365-invisible-man

My Name is Leon by Kit de Waal
goodreads.com/book/show/25743752-my-name-is-leon

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
goodreads.com/book/show/8882740-things-fall-apart

Africa’s Tarnished Name by Chinua Achebe
goodreads.com/book/show/36436064-africa-s-tarnished-name

Dark Days by James Baldwin
goodreads.com/book/show/36436060-dark-days

Thick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom
goodreads.com/book/show/40365093-thick

Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y Davis
goodreads.com/book/show/108428.Are_Prisons_Obsolete

A Small Place by Jamaica Kincaid
goodreads.com/book/show/38918855-a-small-place

Why I’m No Longer Speaking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
goodreads.com/book/show/33606119-why-i-m-no-longer-talking-to-white-people-about-race

Akissi by Marguerite Abouet & illustrated by Mathieu Sapin
goodreads.com/book/show/16057348-akissi

Aya by Marguerite Abouet & illustrated by Clément Oubrerie
goodreads.com/book/show/308424.Aya

Josephine by Patricia Hruby Powell & illustrated by Christian Robinson
goodreads.com/book/show/17043027-josephine

Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
goodreads.com/book/show/18144031-redefining-realness

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Find me on Goodreads:
goodreads.com/nicolemillo