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Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions
Jollof Rice and Other Revolutions

A window into the world of accomplished Nigerian women, illuminating the challenges they face and the risks they take.

Playing Their Games
Playing Their Games

While interning at a law firm, Yoshi Lomax discovers a secret society fueled by limitless desires and, armed with secrets…

The Two Lives of Sara
The Two Lives of Sara

A young mother finds refuge and friendship at a boardinghouse in 1960s Memphis, Tennessee.

On Rotation
On Rotation

Ghanaian-American Angela Appiah has checked off all the boxes for the Perfect Immigrant Daughter: enroll in an elite…

If I Survive You
If I Survive You

A collection of humorous and harrowing linked stories following a Jamaican-American family as they seek stability upon…

Big Girl
Big Girl

For Malaya, the pressures of her predominantly white Upper East Side prep school and her painfully proper mother are…

On the Rooftop
On the Rooftop

A mother's dream of musical stardom for her three daughters collides with the daughters' ambitions for their own lives.…

Nightcrawling
Nightcrawling

A young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system.

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