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A Black Literary Canon - Page 4

Collected from multiple lists, this list, like any attempt at creating a literary canon, is incomplete. This is only part of a larger conversation about what are the greatest, most important, influential, beautiful, poetic, and powerful works of black literature the world over.
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Hunger (Roxane Gay)
Hunger (Roxane Gay)
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Hurling Words at Consciousness (Mūkoma Wa Ngũgĩ)
Hurling Words at Consciousness (Mūkoma Wa Ngũgĩ)
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I Do Not Come to You by Chance (Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani)
I Do Not Come to You by Chance (Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani)
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
125
The Icarus Girl
The Icarus Girl
126
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
If Beale Street Could Talk (James Baldwin)
127
Immortal (Valjeanne Jeffers)
Immortal (Valjeanne Jeffers)
128
In Arcadia (Ben Okri)
In Arcadia (Ben Okri)
129
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens (Alice Walker)
In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens (Alice Walker)
130
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
131
Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid (Frank B. Wilderson III)
Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid (Frank B. Wilderson III)
132
The Intuitionist
The Intuitionist
133
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
134
It's Bigger Than Hip Hop (M.K. Asante)
It's Bigger Than Hip Hop (M.K. Asante)
135
Jazz
Jazz
136
The Joys of Motherhood (Buchi Emecheta)
The Joys of Motherhood (Buchi Emecheta)
137
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie
Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'Fore I Diiie
138
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
Just Mercy (Bryan Stevenson)
139
Kaffir Boy
Kaffir Boy
140
Killing Rage
Killing Rage
141
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
Kindred (Octavia Butler)
142
The Known World
The Known World
143
Krik? Krak!
Krik? Krak!
144
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines
145
Lies My Teacher Told Me (James W. Loewen)
Lies My Teacher Told Me (James W. Loewen)
146
Locking Up Our Own (James Forman Jr.)
Locking Up Our Own (James Forman Jr.)
147
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
148
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
149
Lucy
Lucy
150
A Man of the People (Chinua Achebe)
A Man of the People (Chinua Achebe)
151
Manchild in the Promised Land
Manchild in the Promised Land
152
March (John Lewis)
March (John Lewis)
153
Maru (Bessie Head)
Maru (Bessie Head)
154
Me and White Supremacy (Layla F. Saad)
Me and White Supremacy (Layla F. Saad)
155
The Memory of Love (Aminatta Forna)
The Memory of Love (Aminatta Forna)
156
Men We Reaped
Men We Reaped
157
Middle Passage
Middle Passage
158
Midnight Robber (Nalo Hopkinson)
Midnight Robber (Nalo Hopkinson)
159
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
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Mo Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove (Questlove)
Mo Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove (Questlove)
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