Black Female Writers | thecomplexgirls

[@s-wo8781]

Octavia Butler is my favorite black writer.

[@creativecomplexity4]

OMG I loveeee Octavia Butler! She is definitely my top favorite black sci-fi writers! What books have you read from her?

[@s-wo8781]

The entire Patternmaster series with Wild Seed being my favorite, Parable of the Sower, but I didn't like it, Kindred, and Fledgling.

[@creativecomplexity4]

Nice! I didn't get to finish Parable of the Sower but it is definitely a good read. I really love Octavia Butler's work in general, she was such a genuine soul. Are there any other black sci-fi writers you can recommend me?

[@s-wo8781]

I'm super picky when it comes to books, but I thought Binti and more particularly Binti Home by Nnedi Orkorafor were good.

[@creativecomplexity4]

Thank you! Nice, I have read one of Nnedi's works before. She is a great writer! I will definitely have to check out the book you mentioned by her!

[@lila_kat]

As a black woman and a writer, I can only one day hope to be like these powerful historical women!

[@luvpurple95]

I’m so glad you guys popped up randomly on my feed. I feel blessed and calm. I really enjoyed this video and learned a lot. Thank you 💕

[@creativecomplexity4]

Hey! Thanks for finding us! :) We are so happy you enjoyed the video!

[@dannikaii]

I love all of these writers. A writer I really love is Zora Neale Hurston also Margaret Walker she wrote Jubilee, and also Belle Hooks.

[@creativecomplexity4]

Who'sThatGirl TV wow!! 3 prolific black female writers! I love bell hooks! I read her work many times in college!! 💕have you read any other good books lately by black female writers?

[@distant_sounds]

Bernice McFadden is one of my very favourite writers. I also really like Toni Morrison, Gloria Naylor, James Baldwin, Mia McKenzie & J California Cooper.

[@creativecomplexity4]

WE love James Baldwin!!

[@marricecarter-mills3943]

Y'all are so amazing.

[@creativecomplexity4]

Marrice Carter-Mills awww thank you Marrice!! 🤗

[@shatyaboyd7671]

Thank you ladies, I needed this. I am currently focusing on our history as black women. I want a deeper understanding. I'm a new subscriber 😊

[@creativecomplexity4]

Amazing!! We're back in the swing of things and hope to make more content like this. Thank you for commenting!

[@ONYXPages]

Hey! New subscriber here. Great video! I have Assata Shakur's autobiography but haven't finished it. Your video reminded me that I still need to finish it! Thanks.

[@creativecomplexity4]

ONYX Pages Hey!! Her biography was awesome! Let us know how you like it! 😍😀

[@debraphillips4684]

Yeah, I hate shameless plugs of books too, but seeing as how you are talking about books by black writers, please check out the following two books: The High Price Of A Good Man (by debra phillips) and Love Trumps Game (by d.y. phillips). Can't wait to read your review. You ladies are good at this. Happy reading!!

[@creativecomplexity4]

Hello Debra! Thank you so much for your book recommendations! Where can we find them? We are so glad you enjoyed our video, we have more book talks on the way! : )

[@debraphillips4684]

I love hearing about books, especially by black authors, so I look forward to your future book talks. The books: The High Price Of A Good Man (by debra phillips) and Love Trumps Game (by d.y. phillips) can both be found on Amazon.com

[@creativecomplexity4]

So do we! Awesome, thank you so much!

[@nappyscribe1987]

Hi. Thank you. I'd love to read the books you mentioned! Thanks again.

[@nappyscribe1987]

I'm writing my first book on a not-so-well-known activist. And just needed so confirmation. Thank you for posting!

[@creativecomplexity4]

Egypt Ra That’s amazing!! All the best to you with your book! ✨💕

[@sheaswainwrites]

Congrats on your first book!

[@luciefitness]

Maya Angelou is great, I was listening to a podcast where she was talking about "the white gaze" and said that she doesn't write about race, "Tolkien write about race" and it made me think about how most "fantastic-type" of movies or tv shows talk about race, even Game of Throne and I think in a way that's why I don't get it as much.

[@creativecomplexity4]

Yes! We love Maya Angelou! She was a very wise woman and I think I learned about the rhetoric of "the white gaze" in college. It's always interesting to read different things like that. - Britt ❤

[@luciefitness]

^^yes, I didn't know her before and I feel like it'll be great to have had studied it in France but here we only study about greek/anthenes/Egypt (excluding the black egyptians) and however get to discover lots of classics. And the only black writer we get mentioned is "Aimé Cesaire" and "Frantz Fanon" however we don't study him. It's great that we have a heritage and that black men and women wrote their story for us.

[@creativecomplexity4]

Yes, it's awesome! I have had to do my own research with finding black writers to read about. But I'm glad that the information is accessible via the internet!

[@luciefitness]

Yes, it's really nice to have all of that. It's so relatable and nice to read ^^

[@s-wo8781]

Can you recommend me black fantasy authors? I checked out N.K. Jemison's A Thousand Kingdoms, but I didn't like it.

[@creativecomplexity4]

Hey! Sure thing! Have you heard of Tananarive Due? I took her Afrofuturism class at UCLA and it was amazing! We had to read one of her books in class and I really liked it. It was called "My Soul to Keep" by Tananarive Due. I also have been wanting to read Tomi Adeyemi's "Children of Blood and Bone"! It seems like a great sci-fi book. There is a movie coming out soon! - Charm 💕

[@darelljackson4132]

Look up Queen Nzinga, Hatshepsut, Queen Kandake, Yaa Asatawaa

[@darelljackson4132]

Real black women who did REAL work for their people.

[@creativecomplexity4]

Thanks for the recommendations! 😀

[@m.k.s.7417]

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