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Publishing the best writing from the Global Black world. Curating a conversation about yesterday, today and tomorrow. #readcassava
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Her story is a reminder of the urgent need to protect girls from violence.

Read more in this powerful collection of first-hand accounts from those affcted by the boko haram insurgency in Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon.

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The World Was in Our Hands - Cassava Republic Press
A moving, often provocative, and ultimately vital collection of first hand accounts of people living through the Boko Haram conflict. From abducted girls to brash soldiers, and from community leaders ...
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November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Book cover for Waiting For An Angel (Helon Habila, Cassava Republic), depicting an artist sketching a person’s eye on a wall. https://cassavarepublic.biz/product/waiting-for-an-angel/ Book cover for The Black Antifascist Tradition: Fighting Back From Anti-Lynching to Abolition by Jeanelle K. Hope and Bill V. Mullen (Haymarket Books), showing the title and author in white text with black shadows against a wine-red background. At the top and bottom are black-and-white historical photos of Black leaders and protestors and one picture of marching KKK. https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2223-the-black-antifascist-tradition The Party & The Candidate by Kat Sandler (Playwrights Canada Press): In these two entwined, fast-paced plays, the hilarious goings-on behind the scenes of a controversial election chaotically unfold first at the fundraiser that will decide the party’s nominee and then months later at a debate the night before the election. https://www.playwrightscanada.com/Books/T/The-Party-The-Candidate Book cover for Semiotics by Chekwube Danladi (University of Georgia Press), depicting a black woman holding one breast and looking sad, lying on her side on a bed with a snake. Below the title is noted "winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize" and "selected by Evie Shockley". https://ugapress.org/book/9780820358116/semiotics/
February 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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OUT 22nd April 2025. Pre-order yours today!

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The World Was in Our Hands (Pre-order) - Cassava Republic Press
A moving, often provocative, and ultimately vital collection of first hand accounts of people living through the Boko Haram conflict. From abducted girls to brash soldiers, and from community leaders ...
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February 19, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Book cover for Rotten Evidence by Ahmed Naji, translated by Katharine Halls. Shows a stylized graphic of a man walking out of a prison, his path intersecting with a flood. https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/rotten-evidence-reading-and-writing-in-an-egyptian-prison Book cover for Junie by Chelene Knight (Bookhug), depicts a graphic of women's dresses in pinkish-red and pale blue with the title and author. At the top, logos for 2024 Canada Reads longlist, Winner Vancouver Book Award, and Longlist for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. At the bottom: "A debut novel of uncommon beauty, wisdom, and significance."--David Chariandy. https://bookhugpress.ca/shop/author/chelene-knight/junie-by-chelene-knight/ Book cover for The Book Censor's Library by Bothayna Al-Essa with sticker saying "National Book Award Finalist", depicting a rabbit's head at the center of spokes of red and blue that spell out the title and author. https://restlessbooks.org/bookstore/thebookcensorslibrary Book cover for Like Water Like Sea, depicting female figures dancing and lying down against a blue background with the title and author text in a sprawling handwritten font. https://cassavarepublic.biz/product/like-water-like-sea/
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Trans Femme Futures: An Abolitionist Ethic for Transfeminist Worlds by Nat Raha (Pluto Press): https://www.akpress.org/trans-femme-futures.html The authors show how social change can be achieved through transformative practices that allow queer life to thrive in a time of climate, health, political and economic crises. What Every Radical Should Know about State Repression: A Guide for Activists by Victor Serge (Seven Stories): Classic 1926 manual. https://www.sevenstories.com/books/4591-what-every-radical-should-know-about-state-repression Book cover for Female Fear Factory: Unravelling Patriarchy’s Cultures of Violence , depicting four silhouettes of female figures against a red background. https://cassavarepublic.biz/product/female-fear-factory/ Book cover for X: a novel by Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, with Kekla Magoon (Candlewick Press), depicting a man in a suit and hat running, against a giant white X. In the background behind the X is a black and white photograph which has been tinted dark red of a cityscape. https://www.candlewick.com/9780763690922/x/
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The Mercy Step - Cassava Republic Press
Taking us back in time to 1960s Bradford, The Mercy Step follows the precocious Mercy, a young child facing a world that is far too big for her small body. Mercy lives with her Windrush generation par...
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January 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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January 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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🖇️Don’t miss your chance to be among the first to read this unforgettable debut. Read the full article and preorder your copy via the links below

THE MERCY STEP COMES OUT 22nd JULY 2025

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January 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Darkly humorous and deeply moving, the novel vividly captures the complexities of the northern Black experience during this era. Told through Mercy’s imaginative and animated perspective, the storytelling is both heartfelt and piercing, balancing moments of lightness with profound emotional depth.
January 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Set in 1960s Bradford, The Mercy Step is a powerful and evocative story inspired by the author’s own experiences growing up in a Jamaican family. At its core is Mercy, a spirited, book-loving middle child navigating life with an abusive father and a deeply devout, fundamentalist Christian mother.
January 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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Thank you for the shout out! ❤️
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