Books — Kondwani Fidel

"This book is an explosive indictment on the injustices happening in this country. Through Kondwani Fidel’s creative spirit, he moves us all to become stronger in our antiracist work. Fidel is a brilliant young voice of our collective future."
—Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist and Stamped from the Beginning

“Kondwani Fidel is a writer’s writer—he masterfully weaves personal accounts of death, police brutality, and other various symptoms of systemic oppression with research and his life experiences in a way that is unmatched. Fidel is honest and raw, using his language to inform and empower in a way that would make James Baldwin proud. Kondwani Fidel’s work should be required reading.”
—D. Watkins, New York Times bestselling author of The Cook Up, The Beast Side, and We Speak for Ourselves

"Kondwani Fidel is a brilliant and bold voice of a generation of hummingbirds. This book of essays and lyrics sing baritone from the depth, from the complexities of the young Black experience in America. It is relevant. It is regal. It is real."
-- Ibram X. Kendi, National Book Award-winning author of Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

"Kondwani's work is honest and imaginative, pushing us to confront our realities while reminding us of the hope we need to endure. He is an artist who understands his role as an activist, using language to empower, to enrich, and to inform." --DeRay McKesson, civil rights activist