I found this book tremendously helpful. I have bookmarked various pages as they stood out as particularly useful. The author has powerfully provided many tools, including a self-care plan to help the reader on their journey of healing.

Pedagogy of Freedom: Ethics, Democracy and Civic Courage.
Paulo Freire

Essential reading, especially for teachers and parents, in exploring the power of learning anddevelopment of autonomy.

Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Paulo Freire

Eye opening, thought provoking and educational in the context of oppressor and oppressed!

The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B Du Bois

Why this isn’t on the reading list at school is beyond me! But, having read several books on the topic, I completely understand the thinking behind it. This book enlightened, empowered and simultaneously enraged me!

Brit (ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging
Afua Hirsch

I read this book many years ago and would encourage everyone to read it, if they haven’t already. It was the first book I read that included the experience of mixed heritage people.

Black Skin, White Masks
Frantz Fanon

Still reading and absorbing the contents of this vital book!

I’m Not Yelling: A Black Woman’s Guide to Navigating the Workplace
Elizabeth Leiba

I came across this brilliant book during a time when I was navigating the workplace! It both infuriated me and comforted me at the same time as it helped me realise I wasn’t alone or going mad!

The Science of Racism: Everything you need to know but probably don’t – yet
Professor Keon West

I was, thankfully, invited to a book reading and signing, where I had the opportunity to listen to the author describe, with humility and humour, his thinking, the depths of his research and what he discovered along the way.

Blacked Out Through Whitewash
Suzar

The missing history text book that ought to be in all schools!

Some incidents and irregularities, I already knew…but there is a great deal in this book that truly opened my eyes…and occasionally made me chuckle!

The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine Rashid Khalidi

This book breaks down the history of colonialism and genocide of the Palestinian people.