Welcome to Black Women Writers
Black Women Writers celebrates the many voices of women from Africa and the African Diaspora. Offering fiction, poetry, and essays from three continents, the database gives an unparalleled view of black women's struggles through time. The database features over 105,490 pages.
A Shinning Thread of Hope, by Darlene Clark Hine
Darlene C. Hine is a leading historian of African American women. In this work she narrates stories of women since 1735 to the year 2000, their courage, dignity, initiative, faith and self-reliance.
Juggling Truths, by Unity Dow
In this novel Unity Dow narrates the story of a girl growing up in Postcolonial Africa and the constant struggle between Western and traditional values.