Black Biz Banter

LaJuana Weathers, Aunty of Afriware Books owner Nzingha Nommo reflects on her father Frederick Douglass Gayden. He owned four dry cleaning businesses in the 1940s.

Afriware Books owner shares a review of Haiku by Richard Wright. Content was taken from a Facebook post from April 17th 2024

Afriware Books owner reads a Facebook post review on The Black Book edited by Toni Morrison

Afriware Books company owner shares the content of a Facebook post / review of the book by Dr Jacob carruthers visit our website to get your copy.

In this episode owner of AFRIWARE books company discusses her personal health journey and her decision to become a vegan. She also covers the reasons she highly recommends this book.

Afriware Books owner discusses her experience reading this classic.

Afriware Books owner reviews the book "Brainwashed" from her Facebook post. Here's the youtube link to the book signing with Tom Burrell in 2021.

The Oak Park Public Library hosted Kwanzaa 2023 with a top tier author! Dr. Nnedi Okorafor is a prolific author with spectacular accomplishments. This is a snippet of this wonderful event.

Afriware Books, Co had the privilege of interviewing Christine Taylor-Butler on the eve of the 2024 Solar eclipse. She is a prolific author with almost 100 books to her name several of which are focused on the Sun. Ms. Taylor-Butler will view the eclipse on April 8th in Texas. Her books are available on our site: https://www.afriwarebooks.com/apps/search?q=christine+taylor

Reading from the blog post https://www.afriwarebooks.com/blog/was-hannibal-black-best-books

Background on the shenanigans that can happen prior to a book signing.

Stephanie Myers, author of "Invisible  Queen" shares some of the hidden history surrounding the African ancestry in Britain.  You'll learn about the life of Queen Sophia as abolitionist, wife of 21 children, botanist, and many other accomplishments. 

"The Little Mermaid," and other fairytales were all familiar childhood stories, that cultivated the imagination and piqued childhood interest. In classic popular literature, however, these picture books were cast with white characters thus leaving the Black child to wonder whether anyone during the story's time period was around that looked like them. After further research, shows they have Africa...

1st generation horseman and "whisperer", Nahshon Cook shares some of his insights and philosophy for working and training. Nahshon Cook’s heart is for horses. He is a first-generation horseman and classical dressage trainer from inner-city Denver who has coached, competed and trained internationally in jumping and dressage. His current training interests lie in rehabilitating inconvenient horses w...

Michelle Duster speaks about her great grandmother's legacy and how  she is keeping it alive through literature, monuments, and even a bicycle tour.

A starting point for those interested in obtaining more information about African spirituality.

The Story of Juneteenth:  Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States by  Alliyah Agostini is a beautifully illustrated children's book.  Afriware Books owner Nzingha Nommo had a lively conversation with Ms. Agostini about the inspiration for her book and how she started embracing her calling as a writer.  Since she was raised in Bufallo, NY, she also mentioned how the...

#teachtruth This post was originally made on Afriware Books' owner Nzingha Nommo's facebook page on June 14, 2022 in solidarity with #teachtruth.  #Teachtruth was a call to action by the Zinn Education project to draw attention to historical sites wherever we are that though "uncomfortable" for some, mark important points in our history.  The idea is to make sure information like this is...

From our blog, we describe and share the importance of The Alchemist book as it pertains to people of African Ancestry.

List of the 7 Principles as list in 3 different authors of African Ancestry. A comparison of the books is also made

As we commemorate the 101st anniversary of the Tulsa Race massacre, it behooves us to analyze the reasons for the success of the businesses that flourished prior to.

You may be surprised at the name, but there's data to back it up. We love Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr and Fred D. Gray who ALL played a part. AND, the mastermind was someone else.

This episode is a reading of the blog by the same name. The impact of selling and consequences if they refused are also touched upon. Primary sources are shared in the topic

Curated book lost is shared along with discussion on the complex relationship between Blacks and Native Americans.

Afriware Books founder shares Queen Afua's visit to her store in 2010 and personal success with applying the concepts learned in her books.