Black Power: Three Books from Exile: Black Power; The Color Curtain; and White Man, Listen! | 
“The mere thought of a free Africa frightens many Europeans. Europeans do not and cannot look upon Africa objectively. Back of their fear of African freedom lies an ocean of guilt! In their hearts they know that they have long tried to murder Africa…And this powerful Europe…is haunted by visions of an eventual black revenge that has no basis in reality. It is this…that makes the West brutally determined to keep Africa on a short chain.”
so-soBook #15: “Black Power” by Richard Wright
In honesty, I struggled with this book. Wright was a product of his time and very dismissive of indigenous African cultures. He portrayed all Africans as naïve, transparent, superstitious, and in desperate need of modernization (though he does reflect on this Western perspective a few times. Worth reading for the history and criticisms of colonization. As always, Wright was a powerful writer.
