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by Martina Joy Forgwe https://drive.google.com/file/d/14oSAyascnIXkLoswjeIRr29XwSup-zJ_/view?usp=sharing

by Angela Y. Davis https://drive.google.com/file/d/16x9FZyTvRl2-Gqs16a7BmbS9Ge-alZpK/view?usp=drive_link From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the women’s liberation movement and the tangled knot of oppression facing Black women. “Angela Davis is herself a woman of undeniable courage. She should be heard.”— The New York Times Angela Davis provides a powerful history of the social and political influence of whiteness and elitism in feminism, from abolitionist days to the present, and demonstrates how the racist and classist biases of its leaders inevitably hampered any collective ambitions. While Black women were aided by some activists like Sarah and Angelina Grimke and the suffrage cause found unwavering support in Frederick Douglass, many women played on the fears of white supremacists for political gain rather than take an intersectional approach to liberation. Here, Davis not only contextualizes the legacy and pitfalls of civil and women’s rights activists, but also discusses Communist women, the murder of Emmitt Till, and Margaret Sanger’s racism. Davis shows readers how the inequalities between Black and white women influence the contemporary issues of rape, reproductive freedom, housework and child care in this bold and indispensable work. See Less

by Ibram X. Kendi https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CEih-JKLJFbiNWqXkp8nbwT7CD2B79HP/view?usp=sharing Ibram X. Kendi's concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America--but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. Instead of working with the policies and system we have in place, Kendi asks us to think about what an antiracist society might look like, and how we can play an active role in building it.  In his memoir, Kendi weaves together an electrifying combination of ethics, history, law, and science--including the story of his own awakening to antiracism--bringing it all together in a cogent, accessible form. He begins by helping us rethink our most deeply held, if implicit, beliefs and our most intimate personal relationships (including beliefs about race and IQ and interracial social relations) and reexamines the policies and larger social arrangements we support. How to Be an Antiracist promises to become an essential book for anyone who wants to go beyond an awareness of racism to the next step of contributing to the formation of a truly just and equitable society.

by Patrisse Cullors, Asha Bandele https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qQ4c6L3Sdy-St8FQRnmofauNliVFepXq/view?usp=sharing Raised by a single mother in an impoverished neighborhood in Los Angeles, Patrisse Khan-Cullors experienced firsthand the prejudice and persecution Black Americans endure at the hands of law enforcement. For Patrisse, the most vulnerable people in the country are Black people. Deliberately and ruthlessly targeted by a criminal justice system serving a white privilege agenda, Black people are subjected to unjustifiable racial profiling and police brutality. In 2013, when Trayvon Martin’s killer went free, Patrisse’s outrage led her to co-found Black Lives Matter with Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi. Condemned as terrorists and as a threat to America, these loving women founded a hashtag that birthed the movement to demand accountability from the authorities who continually turn a blind eye to the injustices inflicted upon people of Black and Brown skin. Championing human rights in the face of violent racism, Patrisse is a survivor. She transformed her personal pain into political power, giving voice to a people suffering inequality and a movement fueled by her strength and love to tell the country—and the world—that Black Lives Matter. When They Call You a Terrorist is Patrisse Khan-Cullors and asha bandele’s reflection on humanity. It is an empowering account of survival, strength and resilience and a call to action to change the culture that declares innocent Black life expendable.

by Moufida Tlatli The Season of Men is the second feature film by Moufida Tlatli, one of the most important woman filmmakers in the Arab world. The film examines the changing roles of women of two different generations in a society torn between secularism and sharia, and their states of being a woman. Set on Djerba Island, where women live with their children and only see their husbands who work in Tunisia for one month a year, the film takes place in a feminine world away from men. With its delicately woven story, epic narrative, powerful cinematography and characters, The Season of Men is a touching and delightful film about women who want to live as they wish, and not according to the rules of society. https://drive.google.com/file/d/10GQ-gv9c3HrJ5rQ8De0VPB4tu9Zl-YpE/view?usp=drive_link

Directed by Paulin Soumanou Vieyr a Senegal, 1982 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ovh4OoYbaNYmf6ygO7PNDqQaBWISxe3l/view?usp=drive_link During an interview with the filmmaker Paulin Vieyra, the painter Iba Ndiaye recalls key moments of his life. He begins with his childhood in Senegal and his studies at the Lycee Faidherbe in St. Louis of Senegal, where he was drawn to design and graphic arts. African nature and its sweeping horizons remain however his main sources of inspiration. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ovh4OoYbaNYmf6ygO7PNDqQaBWISxe3l/view?usp=drive_link

Directed by Thierno Faty Sow and Ousemane Sembéne Senegal, 1988 A Senegalese platoon of soldiers from the French Free Army are returned from combat in France and held for a temporary time in a military encampment with barbed wire fences and guard towers in the desert. Among their numbers are Sergeant Diatta, the charismatic leader of the troop who was educated in Paris and has a French wife and child, and Pays, a Senegalese soldier left in a state of shock from the war and concentration camps and who can only speak in guttural screams and grunts. https://drive.google.com/file/d/16hfJUvIIuyPEy6TV48-rnS2XwBFkK_40/view?usp=drive_link

Directed by Ousmane Sembène Senegal, 1964 The pregnancy of a young girl scandalizes her community. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1J-KaSewUC5ECWCEKw9EZCQP9OkOB3nkH/view?usp=drive_link

Directed by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra Senegal, 1964 A hunter dies in a lion’s jaws and leaves a wife and two children. The elder child, who is now the only man around the house, is called the little husband. Because of this nickname, he becomes the laughingstock of all the children in the village. Desperate, the child runs away and drowns in the sea. His mother and sister will follow the same fate. The film is based on a story by Birago Diop. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1K8EYJyKdKrYDgm8hqq3NZectcwR9OYKC/view?usp=drive_link

Directed by Ousmane Sembène Senegal, 1977 The Ceddo people try to preserve their traditional African culture against the onslaught of Islam, Christianity, and the slave trade. When King Demba War sides with the Muslims, the Ceddo kidnap his daughter, Princess Dior Yacine, to protest their forcible conversion to Islam. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tTTBNXNvB7-DFfF7jvou09XJ3fODAWOz/view?usp=drive_link

by Yamina Bachir During the black decade, Rachida, a young schoolteacher from Algiers, was violently attacked by a band of terrorists, among whom one of her former students. He orders her to put a bomb in her school, but she refuses to comply and is shot. She survives and takes refuge, with her mother, in a small village. But violence still reigns everywhere. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ms4n-BQ7fncogS7yl8JgmjCH-jrv7EUK/view?usp=drive_link

Directed by Djibril Diop Mambéty Senegal 1992 Dramaan Drameh is a respected, convivial shopkeeper in the tiny village of Colobane. But a forgotten act of cruelty committed thirty years in his past comes back to haunt him when the young girl he impregnated and abandoned returns seeking revenge https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wDywBJyGeIagKTyKBQll2BjtRcFm1P6V/view?usp=drive_link

by Ousmane Sembene Eager to find a better life abroad, a Senegalese woman becomes a mere governess to a family in southern France, suffering from discrimination and marginalization. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V10EfyXsXWqHnlUbGl_Tt1JOVe0kvX61/view?usp=drive_link

by Paulin Soumanou Vieyra The traditional struggle, known as Lamb in Wolof, which recalls the Greco-Roman struggle, is a popular national sport in Senegal. It has special rules and very strict. Every spectator can bet on his favorite wrestler in a festive atmosphere. The Dakar Arena serves as a showcase for the battles in the film.