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Now a days glasses are becoming very important material with different compositions in many preferred forms like lenses, screens, prisms and optical communication fibers which are in demand in regular life. These can be produced by many conventional techniques based on application [1-5].Glasses with heavy metal elements which are doped with different lanthanide ions have much attention fabrication of optical fiber amplifiers and solid state lasers...
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How many unfinished tasks are you currently working on? If you're anything like the vast majority of us, you probably have a ton of projects you started but never finished, a ton of objectives you mentioned to your friends but never followed through on, and a ton of dreams that seem less and less likely to come true.And it's because of this that when you tell someone about your "next big endeavor," they could roll their eyes. When you begin a new...
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This stimulating and insightful book reveals how increased control over immigration has changed cultural and social production in theater, literature, and even museum construction. Dominic Thomas's analysis unravels the complex cultural and political realities of long-standing mobility between Africa and Europe. Thomas questions the attempt to place strict limits on what it means to be French or European and offers a sense of what must happen to bring...
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From beloved columnist Michael Harriot comes a comprehensive and bitingly hilarious appraisal of American history, in which the dominant narrative is directly confronted and corrected to showcase the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.
It should come as no surprise that the dominant narrative of American history is blighted with errors and oversights-after all, history books were written with the perspective of white men at the forefront....
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What if Everything you Thought you Knew About God Was Wrong?Within Demystifying God: Redefining Black Theology in the Age of iGod Shahidi Collection Vol 2 Shahidi Islam challenges the socio-political superstructures of modernity based on the interpretation that society has evolved into a new age: the age of iGod. Throughout Western history God has always been considered external and out in the great beyond, however, in the age of iGod people, and...
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The Black American Handbook for 2024 by Albert Allen IIIContent:1. Why AI is an excellent Opportunity for Black Americans.2. How descendants of Black American Slaves Should Demand Reparations Payments from the United States of America for Free Labor.3. The Significance of Life Insurance for Building and Preserving Family Wealth among Black Americans.4. Why Black Americans should buy land.5. Why Black Americans should open their own Business in 2024.6....
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Explore Kenya with this fun and educational book! With Exploring Kenya: Fascinating Facts for Young Learners, readers are taken on an exciting journey of discovery through adorable illustrations and fun facts about the country's culture, history, language, geography, and wildlife, your children will get an up close and personal look at this beautiful country. Visit two children who live in Nairobi and Mombasa. Perfect for young history and geography...
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A Black Theology from the Ghetto by the GhettoAs the world moves into late modernity urbanisation is slowly being replaced by ghettoisation with its attendant hypersexuality, hyperviolence, hyperexploitation, and underdevelopment. From within these conditions the Black underclass of Harlem, New York were able to build a last days theory and outlook that came to not only give them high levels of dignity and empowerment, but also give them a culture...
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La Mala Educación del Negro - "The Mis-educación of the Negro" nel original - es un libro publicado en 1933 por el Dr. Carter G. Woodson. La tesis del Dr. Woodson en su libro es que los afroamericanos de su época estaban siendo adoctrinados culturalmente en lugar de educados en las escuelas estadounidenses. Este condicionamiento, afirma, hace que los afroamericanos se vuelvan dependientes y busquen lugares inferiores en la sociedad más amplia...
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During the 1950s and 60s in the Congo city of Kinshasa, there emerged young urban male gangs known as "Bills" or "Yankees." Modeling themselves on the images of the iconic American cowboy from Hollywood film, the Bills sought to negotiate lives lived under oppressive economic, social, and political conditions. They developed their own style, subculture, and slang and as Ch. Didier Gondola shows, engaged in a quest for manhood through bodybuilding,...
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Broadly speaking, the traditionally conceptualized mid-twentieth century Civil Rights Movement and the newer #BlackLivesMatter Movement possess some similar qualities. They both represent dynamic, complex moments of possibility and progress. They also share mass-based movement activities, policy/legislative advocacy, grass-roots organizing, and targeted media campaigns. Innovation, growth, and dissension-core aspects of movement work-mark them both....
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'Fantastic … the most important book on Black British history' - Akala
Black People in the British Empire is a challenge to the official version of British history. It tells the story of Britain's exploitation and oppression of its subject peoples in its colonies, and in particular the people of Africa, Asia and Australasia
Peter Fryer reveals how the ideology of racism was used as justification for acquiring and expanding the Empire; how...
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From 1973 to 1988, Race Today, the journal of the revolutionary Race Today Collective was at the epicentre of the struggle for racial justice in Britain. Placing race, sex and social class at the core of its analysis, it featured in its articles and pamphlets contributions from some of the leading writers and activists of the time: C. L. R. James, Darcus Howe, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, Walter Rodney, Bobby Sands, Farrukh Dhondy...
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A surge of African American enrolment and student activism brought Black Studies to many US campuses in the 1960s. Sixty years later, Black Studies programmes are taught at more than 1,300 universities worldwide. This book is the first history of how that happened.
Black Studies founder and movement veteran Abdul Alkalimat offers a comprehensive history of the discipline that will become a key reference for generations to come. Structured in three...
16) Black Woman Empath: Channel African Sangomas Traditions to Thrive as a Melanated Empath, Enhance Psy
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Imagine a world where you can not only understand the emotions of those around you but also connect deeply with them, feeling their joys and sorrows as if they were your own. For the Black woman who suspects she might be an empath, this unique gift can be both a blessing and a burden. In "Black Woman Empath," Nya Love, an expert in melanin feminine energy and African Sangomas traditions, offers a comprehensive guide to help Black women empaths embrace...
17) Self-Compassion for Black Women - Escape the Prison of Negative Self Talk, Silence Your Destructive
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Imagine feeling confident, empowered, and deeply connected with yourself as a black woman. Picture a life where you no longer doubt your worth, where you speak your truth unapologetically, and where you embrace your imperfections with love and kindness. This journey towards self-compassion is not only possible, but it is also vital for your well-being and happiness. In this transformative book, written specifically for black women like you, the author...
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'A powerful – even startling – book that challenges the shibboleths of 'white' anarchism'. Its analysis of police violence and the threat of fascism are as important now as they were at the end of the 1970s. Perhaps more so' - Peter James Hudson, Black Agenda Report
Anarchism and the Black Revolution first connected Black radical thought to anarchist theory in 1979. Now amidst a rising tide of Black political organizing, this foundational classic...
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In an Age of American Empire What Real Hope is There for Black People?On Cultural Islam: A Godbody Sociology of 1990s Black America Shahidi Collection Vol 3 takes a novel look at life in late modernity, with specific focus on the 1990s and the global events that occurred during that momentous decade. It also investigates the godbody movement and seeks to find ways to define the power of the godbody movement so as to create an Islamic Reformation,...
20) Self-Love for Black Women: Heal From the Racial, Relationship, and Childhood Trauma That's Holding Y
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As a black woman, you've navigated a world that often overlooks your struggles and diminishes your worth. But what if you could break free from the chains of societal expectations and embrace your true self? In "Self-Love for Black Women," Nya Love takes you on a transformative journey, offering practical tools and strategies to help you overcome past traumas, improve relationships, and cultivate unshakable self-worth. From childhood wounds to racial...
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