🐻 Cornell Africana Studies & Research Center unofficial reading list 2026
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| Freshman level | |
|---|---|
| Elementary Arabic I ASRC 1201 (fa26) |
• Arabiyyat al-Naas, Part 1: An Intro. Course in Arabic by Younes et al. |
| Intermediate Arabic I ASRC 1203 (fa26) |
• Arabiyyat al-Naas, Part 2: An Intermediate Course in Arabic by Younes et al. |
| African American History from 1865 ASRC 1595 (fa26) |
• Race, Reform, and Rebellion: The Second Reconstruction & Beyond in Black America, 1945-2006 by Manning Marable |
| Recreating the Caribbean: Migration & Identity in Contemporary Caribbean History ASRC 1976 (fa26) |
• A Concise History of the Caribbean by B.W. Higman |
| American History from 1500 to 1800 ASRC 1985 (fa26) |
• American Colonies: The Settling of North America by Alan Taylor |
| Sophomore level | |
|---|---|
| Arabic for Heritage Speakers ASRC 2105 (fa26) |
• Riḥla ilā Bilād al-‘Arab: A Comprehensive Intro. Course for Arabic Heritage Speakers by Munther Younes |
| Histories of the African Diaspora ASRC 2317 (fa26) |
• The Americans Are Coming!: Dreams of African American Liberation in Segregationist South Africa by Robert Trent Vinson • Jah Kingdom: Rastafarians, Tanzania & Pan-Africanism in the Age of Decolonization by Monique A. Bedasse • All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake by Tiya Miles |
| The Novels of Toni Morrison ASRC 2603 (fa26) |
• Paradise by Toni Morrison |
| Junior level | |
|---|---|
| Zora Neale Hurston & Langston Hughes ASRC 3705 (fa26) |
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston • Tar Baby by Toni Morrison • Mules & Men by Zora Neale Hurston • The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes • Mule Bone by Hurston & Hughes • Barracoon: The Story of the Last “Black Cargo” by Zora Neale Hurston • Recyclopedia by Harryette Mullen |