Black History Month - A Series of Recommendations

27th February 2021

The shortest month is coming to a close and what a fun way but to end it off with good recommendations in a variety of genres and various media, which are either my personal favourites or something I plan on trying out myself.

Fictional books: Children of Blood and Bone, Noughts and Crosses, The Hate U Give, The Sun is Also a Star.

Children's books: Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry, Sulwe by Lupita Nyong'o and The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Poems and their poets: Amanda Gorman- The hill we climb, Maya Angelou- Still I Rise, and a few others - https://poets.org/12-poems-read-black-history-month

Underrated Films: The Last Black Man in San Francisco, If Beale Street Could Talk

Movies : Moonlight, Blackkklansman, One Night in Miami, Get Out, Bamboozled, Sorry to Bother You, Judas and the Black Messiah

Documentaries: 13th, Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson,

How it feels to be free (2021)

Shows: Blackish, Insecure, Grownish, Blood and Water

Artists to check out - Willow Smith, Jaden Smith, Labrinth, Tierra Wack, SZA, TeaMarr, Bree Runway, Tayla Parx, Ryahn, UMI, Serena Isioma

2 Songs to definitely check out: "Pot belly" by Freshlyground, and "Tired"by YaMinko

Tiktokers: @thedaintyfunk - for poetry, @brishannas - analysis , @morganlynzi - vegan meals and self help advice

Youtubers:

1. ItzKeisha (commentary)

2. MissDarcie (Hilarious, makeup)

3. Tee Noir (Interesting commentary - just check her out)

4. amandamaryanna

5. Love Your Natural (Advice on all things related to being a confident women)

-Zukiswa