Lois

Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about Lois .

https://ayearontheshoreofavalon.wordpress.com
https://www.goodreads.com/laileana

Book cover for The Handbook of Yoruba Religious Concepts (Weiser Classics Series)
WHENEVER CULTURES INTERFACE, either through conquest or through peaceful assimilation, the dominant cultural religious structure will extract the more positive aspects of the subjugated culture. What's left in its wake are the negative ...more
Noelle Kukenas liked this
Loading...
“People on the streets are dehumanized the same way settlers dehumanized the Indigenous, to steal the land of abundance at gunpoint, to tax the land to the fullest.”
San Mateo, San Mateo: Proof of The Divine

“Men only have it all by being willing to take from others. To ruin lives, to oppress.”
Adriana Herrera, An Island Princess Starts a Scandal

“It’s the same as Scots English,” she explained. “It’s not your tongue, it was forced on you, and like your whisky you’ve blended it into something that’s your own. Anyone who hears a Scotsman speak recognizes the sound. We’ve made this language that was imposed on us ours too. When I speak, West Africa is on my tongue, Taino is on my tongue. Castilians have their Spanish, and we have our own.”
Adriana Herrera, A Caribbean Heiress in Paris: A Novel

Vanessa Riley
“Colored enslaved women are no concubines. She has no choice but to accept his rape...”
Vanessa Riley, Sister Mother Warrior

Charles Bukowski
“I make her leave on her stockings and high heels. I am a freak. I cannot bear the human being in present state, I must be fooled. the psychiatrists must have a word for it, and I have a word for the psychiatrists.”
Charles Bukowski, Notes of a Dirty Old Man

106371 Black Coffee — 3049 members — last activity Jan 24, 2026 10:04AM
This group focuses on books written by or about black people from all continents in many different genres though we focus on historical fiction and cl ...more
1202276 Retelling Corner — 120 members — last activity Jan 18, 2023 07:40PM
Ever read a fairy tale or Disney re-telling? This is where you can discuss your opinions on them, offer recommendations on the genre, and talk with ot ...more
101747 Dystopia Land — 5483 members — last activity Jan 27, 2026 01:07PM
THE BIGGEST GROUP FOR DYSTOPIAN LITERATURE ON GOODREADS. What you can do in the group? * You can say 'Hi', or tell us what you are reading * Yo ...more
55132 Mocha Girls Read — 6994 members — last activity 7 hours, 25 min ago
We are a group of black women who love to read, want to read more and meet like-minded women. #mochagirlsread Join Us in person: https://www.meetup.c ...more
361795 Book Girl Magic — 415 members — last activity Jul 16, 2022 05:36AM
Book club for women that focuses on reading books by black women.
More of Lois ’s groups…
year in books
ಥ_ಥ
1,234 books | 124 friends

Spiri Skye
6,011 books | 858 friends

EdIsInHell
1,701 books | 4,171 friends

Laneisha
1,080 books | 166 friends

Jennife...
2,452 books | 366 friends

Monica ...
1,652 books | 113 friends

Sasa
3,969 books | 715 friends

Kei ♥bi...
1,981 books | 311 friends

More friends…



Polls voted on by Lois

Lists liked by Lois