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I maintain #Blackademics, the scholarly side of #Blacksky
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The editor of Cassava Republic Press, @bibibakareyusuf.blacksky.app told me that The Mercy Step is the first book by an indie press on the shortlist of the Women’s Prize/Orange Prize in its 30 year history. Even if they don’t take home the award, these two trailblazing women have already won! 3/
THERE IS AN ACTIVE POGROM IN NORTHERN IRELAND. FASCISTS IN SKULL MASKS ARE GOING DOOR TO DOOR PULLING MIGRANTS OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND SETTING THEM ON FIRE.
@mhut25.bsky.social made her literary debut at 61 (!) despite the novel being rejected 54 times. The publisher who believed in her? Cassava Republic Press, a Black woman owned independent publisher founded in Abuja Nigeria. So one unconventional Black woman recognizing the talents of another. 2/
