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"I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell" - Tucker Max
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   ...wait, that's an actual book? Sorry, Brother.  I couldn't help it (go ahead and chastise me, I've been thoroughly uncouth). Now I'm curious---fiction or non?
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December 19th, 2007, 07:25 PM
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I've got a couple to throw in for various reasons:
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Firedance by Steven Barnes
Metu Neter by Ra Un Nefer Amen
Ditto on the Autobiography of Malcolm X
'Other' authors/books
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirisig
Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity by Gregory Bateson
Her Bak by Isha Schwaller De Lubicz
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December 19th, 2007, 08:07 PM
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Hey now, Brother JABOOM...while AC was being rescued, did you find time to install a new bookshelf? 
(You'll need it if you ever get that first-edition of "Revolutionary Suicide" )
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Oh yeah I got that bookshelf up and fully stocked (would have told you sooner but I was putting it together when you asked)
Oh.......and about that copy of "Revolutionary Suicide" I think it will be very interesting to read, maybe I'll think of sharing it with you...
IF YOU ACT RIGHT
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themindkitchen.com
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December 19th, 2007, 08:40 PM
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African Unchained by George Ayittey should be all Pan-Africanist reading list
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December 19th, 2007, 09:42 PM
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Ever find a book that is so well-written & so profound that it changes your perspective, your attitudes...or even your life?
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In no particular order, a dozen books that continue to influence me...
Message to the Blackman in America (The Honoarable Elijah Muhammad)
Operating Manual for Spaceship Earth (R. Buckminster Fuller)
Foundations of the Black Nation (Imari Obadele)
Negroes With Guns (Robert F. Williams)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Alex Haley)
The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey (Amy Jacques Garvey)
The Art of War (Sun Tzu)
The American Revolution (James Boggs)
The Art of Deception (Nicholas Capaldi)
Kawaida Theory (Maulana Karenga)
The Mis-Education of the Negro (Carter G. Woodson)
Who Is Black? (F. James Davis)
...and one part of a book that continues to influence me...
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December 19th, 2007, 10:40 PM
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I would also suggest "Warriors At Work" by Mustafa Dhada for all pan-africanist readers, and for any nationalists
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December 20th, 2007, 10:29 AM
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sadly non-fiction.
Tucker Max proves that if you have good looks, you can get away with treating women like excrement all day. |
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* The Autobiography of Malcolm X
* Powernomics
* The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
* Destruction of Black Civilization
* Callus On My Soul
* Screwed: The Undeclared War Against The Middle Class
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The Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey
Alexander Crummell
The Crisis of the Negro Intellectual
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htp (peace)
1. Metu Neter vol l
2. Maat: The 11 Laws of God
.. comes to mind right now. Tomorrow it will be two or three other books (wink)
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