Toni Morrison

1. Zadie Smith

Dead and Alive

Smith gives a masterclass in the modern essay. In Dead and Alive, Zadie Smith once again confirms that she is among the most expert essayists of her generation . . . Even when she writs about death, disillusionment, or the absurdity of fame, “protect your consciousness,” she advises, and this book feels like an act of protection in itself – an argument for stillness, attention, and moral imagination in a distracted world. Smith has written a generous, fiercely intelligent collection that reminds us why essays matter. They keep us awake, alive, and, in Smith’s words, “just human enough to hope”

1. Ntozake Shange

Sing a Black Girl’s Song

Never-before-seen unpublished works by award-winning American literary icon Ntozake Shange, featuring essays, plays, and poems from the archives of the seminal Black feminist writer

1. Elaine Castillo

How to Read Now

A stunningly important piece of criticism that asks us not to look away when our shared culture proves so appallingly limited but instead to look harder. To think smarter. To read better.

1. Zadie Smith

Dead and Alive

Smith gives a masterclass in the modern essay. In Dead and Alive, Zadie Smith once again confirms that she is among the most expert essayists of her generation . . . Even when she writs about death, disillusionment, or the absurdity of fame, “protect your consciousness,” she advises, and this book feels like an act of protection in itself – an argument for stillness, attention, and moral imagination in a distracted world. Smith has written a generous, fiercely intelligent collection that reminds us why essays matter. They keep us awake, alive, and, in Smith’s words, “just human enough to hope”

Toni Morrison et l'écriture de l'indicible

1. Mbeh Adolf Tanyi

Triple Consciousness in Selected Works of Toni Morrison, Alice Walker and Maya Angelou

Mbeh Adolf Tanyi is Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Education, University of Yaounde 1, Cameroon where he obtained a PhD in African American Studies. He has previously participated in the famous Study of the United States Institutes (SUSI) at the University at Buffalo, USA. He has also taken part in the Summer Program of the University of Yale, USA to gain more scientific insights into African American studies. He is currently the Deputy Director of the Higher Teacher Training College, after serving for five years as the Director of Academic Affairs, Research and Admission at the Faculty of Education, University of Yaounde 1.Apart from teaching, research, and administration, Mbeh Adolf Tanyi is interested in philanthropy and politics.