Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery 2nd Edition

Written by bell hooks

Narrated by Adenrele Ojo

In Sisters of the Yam, bell hooks reflects on the ways in which the emotional health of black women has been and continues to be impacted by sexism and racism. Desiring to create a context where black females could both work on their individual efforts for self-actualization while remaining connected to a larger world of collective struggle, hooks articulates the link between self-recovery and political resistance. Both an expression of the joy of self-healing and the need to be ever vigilant in the struggle for equality, Sisters of the Yam continues to speak to the experience of black womanhood.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
• Release date: Jul 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9798765012864

bell hooks

bell hooks was an influential cultural critic, feminist theorist, and writer. Celebrated as one of America’s leading public intellectuals, she was a charismatic speaker and writer who taught and lectured around the world. Previously a professor in the English departments at Yale University and Oberlin College, hooks was the author of more than 17 books, including the New York Times bestseller All About Love: New Visions; Salvation: Black People and Love; Communion: the Female Search for Love, as well as the landmark memoir  Bone Black: Memories of Girlhood.

Reviews for Sisters of the Yam

[Owen Hills · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Up there with The Will to Change and some of bell hooks' best work. I hope to have all the women in my life read this.

[Desiree · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Beautiful, every woman especially black women should read/listen to this. It will really help you get an insight on what practical thing we can do to survive in a world that feels like it’s not designed for us but Hooks touches on community, being open about struggles and sisterhood as a form of healing and I loved every part.