Welcome to Black Women Writers

Black Women Writers celebrates the many voices of women from Africa and the African Diaspora. Offering fiction, poetry, and essays from three continents and 20 countries, the database gives an unparalleled view of black women’s struggles through time. New content is uploaded on a biweekly basis, giving users immediate access to a steadily growing treasury of extraordinary writings. The database currently features over 40,000 pages of poetry and prose. Learn More »

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La Belle Creole, by Maryse Conde
La Belle Creole, a novel by the famous writer from Guadalupe, Maryse Conde, presented in the original French.


Women Writing Africa Project
The Women Writing Africa Project, documents the extraordinary and diverse landscape of African women's oral and written literatures presenting voices rarely heard outside of Africa. The first of four volumes, it focuses on the southern region of the continent and reveals gems by well-known such authors as well as unknown writers from as early as the mid-nineteenth century.


On Being Female, Black and Free
On Being Female, Black, and Free, a book of essays by Margaret Walker.


Bird at My Window
Bird at My Window, the first novel by Trinidadian author Rosa Guy.