'Alkalimat's unique talent and skill is to unpack, make accessible and organise layers of knowledge. He is encyclopaedic, radical, yet accommodative of all streams of Black Liberation'
Vusi Mchunu a.k.a. Macingwane, South African poet, Chairperson of the Freedom Park Council
'Written by one of its founding fathers, the book places Black Studies at the intersection of American history, progressive social movements and academia. Abdul Alkalimat builds on a life-long commitment, decades of research and a global network to provide unique insights'
Nii Addy, German-Ghanaian Political Scientist
'A timely, future-oriented and necessary contribution which provides clarity to the multi-valent tendencies in this field. Abdul Akalimiat, a long-standing practitioner and labourer in the trenches offers an updated and much-needed inquiry'
Carole Boyce Davies, prize winning author and Professor of Africana Studies and Literatures in English at Cornell University