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Christianity and Genocide in Rwanda (African Studies, Series Number 112)

by Timothy Longman

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Jan 09, 2019 12:13AM

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This Is the Dead Land

by E.J. Kaye

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Jan 03, 2019 12:11AM

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Namibia - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

by Sharri Whiting

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Austin’s Quotes

“You demand respect and you'll get it. First of all, you give respect.”
― Mary J. Blige

tags: respect

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“The way you know you've done a good remixed culture is if it pisses people off”
― C. Wess Daniels

tags: culture, quakers, remix

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“Indeed our survival and liberation depend upon our recognition of the truth when it is spoken and lived by the people. If we cannot recognize the truth, then it cannot liberate us from untruth. To know the truth is to appropriate it, for it is not mainly reflection and theory. Truth is divine action entering our lives and creating the human action of liberation.”
― James Cone

tags: god-of-the-oppressed, truth

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“Motherfuckers will read a book that’s one third Elvish, but put two sentences in Spanish and they [white people] think we’re taking over.”
― Junot Díaz

tags: elvish, lord-of-the-rings, racism, spanish, white-people

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“If "con" is the opposite of pro, then isn't Congress the opposite of progress? Or did we just fucking blow your mind?!?”
― Jon Stewart, America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

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Austin’s Groups

Great African Reads — 4145 members — last activity Nov 27, 2025 03:30AM
Here is an overview of the group reads & activities: Regional reads Nominations and Book discussions. Buddy Reads Find someone to read along with!. Sh ...more

Literary Fiction by People of Color — 12954 members — last activity 1 hour, 29 min ago
This can include genre fiction that is literary (e.g. speculative fiction, historical fiction, etc.), as long as it's written by a person of color (Af ...more

Underground Knowledge — A discussion group — 24179 members — last activity 4 hours, 40 min ago
This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring ...more

Black Coffee — 3031 members — last activity Nov 17, 2025 12:15AM
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