With the sheer amount of nonsense that has ensued in the last couple of weeks, one would be forgiven for forgetting the fact that we are still in the month that has been set aside to celebrate and empower women.
In case like me, you are feeling down about the negative hysteria surrounding Meghan Markle, and those who have come out to speak in support of her, the horrific circumstances surrounding Sarah Everard and the rude reminder that Blessing Olusegun’s case still remains unresolved, here is a little pick-me. Here, we love the stories and writing of black women so I have come back to fix the glitch in the matrix with a list of ten empowering books by black women to read in International Women’s Month.
10 Empowering Books to Read in International Women’s Month
Dear Ijeawale, A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
We Should All Be Feminists | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Girl, Woman Other | Bernardine Evaristo
Becoming | Michelle Obama
#Girlboss | Sophia Amoruso
I Am Not Your Baby Mother | Candice Brathwaite
Slay In Your Lane Presents: Loud Black Girls | Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebeniné
Heart & Hustle | Patricia Bright
Slay In Your Lane | Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebeniné
Smart Money Woman | Arese Ugwu
The books listed are empowering and/or educational in some way, and are almost all written by black women! I hope I have inspired you to get some much-needed reading done this month and beyond.
Do you have any other suggestions? drop them below. And oh, happy international women’s month!
