Happy Black History Month! The following reading list was curated by Community Folk Art Center.
We are grateful to them for providing these recommendations and for the important work they do.
| Title | Author | Genre |
| An American Marriage | Tayari Jones | Contemporary Fiction |
| Remote Control | Nnedi Okorafor | Afro-Futurism |
| The City We Became | N.K. Jemsin | Afro-Futurism |
| Homegoing | Yaa Gyasi | Literary Fiction |
| Binti | Nnedi Okorafor | Afro-Futurism |
| Lagos Wife | Vanessa Walters | Contemporary Fiction |
| Murder with Collared Greens and Hot Sauce | A. L. Herbert | Murder Mystery |
| Act Your Age, Eve Brown | Talia Hibbert | Romantic Comedy |
| Zoo City | Lauren Beukes | Urban Fantasy |
| Trailblazer : A pioneering Journalist’s Fight To Make the Media Look More Like America | Dorothy Butler Gilliam | Autobiography |
| Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler | Dystopian Fiction |
| Monday’s Not Coming | Tiffany D. Jackson | Mystery |
| Becoming | Michelle Obama | Memoir/ Autobiography |
About Community Folk Art Center
Community Folk Art Center, Inc. (CFAC) is a vibrant cultural and artistic hub committed to the promotion and development of artists of the African Diaspora. Our mission is to exalt cultural and artistic pluralism by collecting, exhibiting, teaching and interpreting the visual and expressive arts. Public programming includes exhibitions, film screenings, gallery talks, workshops and courses in the studio arts, including dance and ceramics. A proud unit of the Department of African American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences at Syracuse University, CFAC is a beacon of artistry, creativity, and cultural expression within the Syracuse community, the region and the world.
