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Your weekly listen to the latest from the Bantu Library. Bantu Book Review seeks to advance Freedom & Empowerment by way of literacy *OUR stories in our OWN words* #FUBU Inspired and Unapologetic Reviews & Content via Blog, Podcast, & YouTube Channel

Bantu Book Review


    • Jun 18, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
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    My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2021 1:16


    This book should be a movie!! Let me know your thoughts after reading and if you're in the writer's room workin' on somethin hit me up! https://bantubookreview.wordpress.com/ twitter.com/bantubookreview bantubookreview@gmail.com   Get the book here or anywhere books are sold: https://www.amazon.com/My-Sister-Seri...   Credits My Sister, The Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite The Black Widow Spider - Information, Facts and Life Cycle - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztJHt...   Us - Pas De Deux (Frouse Traphony Beat Remake) - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBItf...

    I AM: Faithful

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2021 1:29


    I AM Series Reading my heart; sharing my thoughts

    I AM: Committed

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2021 1:30


    I AM Series Reading my heart, sharing my thoughts

    I AM: Humble

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2021 1:30


    I AM Series Reading my heart; sharing my thoughts

    I AM: Responsible

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2021 1:30


    I AM Series Reading my heart; sharing my thoughts

    I AM: Trying

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2021 1:30


    I AM Series Reading my heart; sharing my thoughts

    I AM: Ready

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2021 1:30


    I AM Series Reading my heart; sharing my thoughts

    Episode 26: Soul Ties

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2020 19:32


    Another journal entry. Hear me out

    Episode 25: One Day My Soul Just Opened Up...by Iyanla Vanzant

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2019 13:02


    Still trying to realign with the wisdom and guidance of Aunty Iyanla    

    Episode 24: The Value in the Valley by Iyanla Vanzant

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2019 13:45


      Been gone because #LIFE but I’m back. Thanks for listening y'all  

    Episode 23: The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2019 9:15


    The Mastery of Love: A Practical Guide to the Art of Relationship Self Love is the best love.   S/O Eunique Jones Gibson  

    Episode 22: Friday Black by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2019 30:55


    Shoutout to Candace Payne and anyone else who pitched in during the Polar Vortex last week. Not all Sheros wear capes. More Black Excellence here: https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/polar-vortex-homeless-cold-tent-city/      

    Episode 21: Solving Single by GL Lambert ft. Taegoe

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2018 76:36


    Trying to #bridge the communication gap via Women and Men in conversation  SHOUTOUTS: The Skin Deep Spice Adams MO, our beloved First Lady   Checkout the VIDEO!

    Episode 20: We Are Never Meeting IRL by Samantha Irby

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2018 10:20


    Hilarious, heart-wrenching, gut-punching.   It made me LOL and then very, very uncomfortable and then LMAO.   SHOUTOUTS. Samantha Irby because BITCHES GOTTA EAT Social Works My State of Mind Initiative     https://youtu.be/i4CsvQ2Bazg

    Episode 19: Live and Let Live by Linda D. Addison

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2018 37:29


    Had the itis from the Holiday. Episode is late (again) but, let me live Video: https://bit.ly/2zprlUU

    holiday let live linda d addison
    Episode 18: The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2018 17:08


    Shoutout to all the people who love to read books and the people who write them. This ecosystem is so crucial. #TheBalladOfBlackTom by Victor Lavalle -A MAJOR Upgrade/Improvement on "The Horror at Red Hook" by HP Lovecraft  Optioned by AMC*      

    Episode 17: Eloquent Rage by Brittany Cooper

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2018 33:33


    We're not gonna take it.   SHOUTOUTS: Crunk Feminist Collective Sister Outsider Poetry Karma by Dominique Christina Maxine “Reclaiming My Time” Waters Iyanla “Not On My Watch” Vanzant "Bow Down Bitch" Beyonce Categorizedtweets.com    

    Episode 16: In Tune by JN Welsh

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2018 11:59


    If you love romance, you will enjoy this book. If you, like me, have personal issues that have you paying the excess baggage fee for every trip, you too, should read this book with the understanding that you will be triggered. Take. Heed. But also, read this book.   SHOUTOUTS: JN WELSH Blindspotting Categorizedtweets.com Sisterhood  

    Episode 15: Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's Southside by Eve Ewing

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2018 29:53


    Required reading for the people who throw stones and hide their hands.   Shoutout: Eve Ewing Bronzeville Podcast Code Switch Podcast Indigenous Peoples' Day Ubuntu

    Episode 14: The Truth of Things by Tasha L Harrison

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2018 15:17


    There's NOTHING like genuine love- a mirror that shows you the truth of you.    SHOUTOUTS: Tasha L Harrison Categorizedtweets.com Campaign Zero   Equal Justice Initiative

    Episode 13: Still Star-Crossed by Sona Charaipotra

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2018 8:39


    It's hard to name the feeling you get when you remember a love you lost.    Shoutout to #WeNeedDiverseBooks   Thanks for listening

    Episode 12: Forbidden Fruit by Roshani Chokshi

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2018 8:10


    Sometimes other people's mistakes (foolery, nonsense, etc.) cost you everything...aint that about a bih   Shoutout to ACTIVISM by way of REPRESENTATION: WE NEED DIVERSE BOOKS (Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman) WE READ TOO (Kaya Thomas)

    Episode 11: Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2018 11:07


    This is a story of coordinated retaliation. Reader Beware.   Shoutouts: knowyourrightscamp.com kaepernick7.com gatheringforjustice.org

    Episode 10: Binti: The Night Masquerade (#3) by Nnedi Okorafor

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2018 30:13


    Ranting > Reviewing = This Week's Episode I've been inspired by young Binti to stand up and say the things that need to be said. It doesnt have to be perfect but it does have to be done.  The broken can make change. We gotta fight for our lives. 

    Episode 09: Binti: Home (#2) by Nnedi Okorafor

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2018 33:26


    I'm doing a lot of ranting and raving in this episode because the book was SO SO GOODT! Read it. Shoutout to the people who are out here getting free from the labels, the limits, and the lies #justdoit #blackgirlmagic

    Episode 08: Binti (#1) by Nnedi Okorafor

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2018 32:48


    This short story takes us on an intergalactic journey!

    Episode 07: Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2018 24:30


    Read this book!   Shoutout to the following: CATEGORIZEDTWEETS.COM WE READ TOO APP MOOD METER APP

    Episode 06: Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2018 25:05


    Step up or get stepped on. Shoutout to categorizedtweets.com (AGAIN!) and also to Queen Bey and King James.

    Episode 05: Soul Bonded: A Haven Novel by Dria Andersen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2018 10:47


    This is a love story and we all need love.   Shoutout to categorizedtweets.com for the twentylemth time.

    Episode 04: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2018 25:17


    Fired and Inspired.   Shoutout to categorizedtweets.com

    Episode 03: Mother A Cradle to Hold Me by Maya Angelou

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2018 16:23


    Short and Sweet.    Check it Out then hug your Mama for holding you down. 

    Episode 02: All God's Children Need Traveling Shoes by Maya Angelou

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2018 32:30


    How ironic that it's the eve of Independence Day in the USA. Ignore them fools bussin' off firecrackers in the background- they've been at it for weeks now. Walk with me- I hope you've got your traveling shoes and our book this week.

    Episode 01: Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2018 29:54


    Check out the first episode of Bantu Book Review.   Children of Blood and Bone up this week.

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