Afrori Books

19/08/2026

A literary classic, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a strong comment on entrenched racial inequities in the United States in the late 1960s. Dan Freeman, 'the spook who sat by the door', is enlisted in the CIA's elitist espionage program after a white senator decries the lack of Black officers in the agency.

The first Black man in the Central Intelligence Agency, Freeman is given a desk job. Despite excelling, promotions are hard to come by as the token black in the CIA. Deciding he's had enough, Freeman uses the tactics he learns in the CIA to foment violent rebellion in Chicago, in a mirror image of the coups wrought around the world by the Agency itself.

With its focus on the militancy that characterised the Black Power movement of the 1960s and 1970s, this is the story of one man's reaction to ruling-class hypocrisy in ways that make the novel autobiographical and personal. As a tale of a reaction to the forces of oppression, this brilliant and funny satire by Sam Greenlee proves to be just as potent today as it was when it originally was published.

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Continuously available in print since 1969, this novel has become embedded in progressive anti-racist culture with wide circulation of the book and hotly debated film. A literary classic, The Spook Who Sat by the Door is a strong comment on entrenched racial inequities in the United States in the la...

17/08/2026

Summer reads: graphic novel edition
Because graphic novels are never out of style ...

15/08/2026

Don't miss seeing the beloved bestselling authors and cooks Craig and Shaun McAnuff (Original Flava). They'll be cooking and sharing stories with us all in an intimate night of food and fellowship.

Thursday 3rd September Doors open 6.30pm Join us for the most delicious, mouth-watering event. As part of our Food and Thought series we will be tasting the amazing food of brothers Craig and Shaun McAnuff and hearing about their journey from being in Granny's kitchen, to creating three sought after...

15/08/2026

Met up for drinks with a lovely man called Jason Arday. He was a kind and compassionate man whose concerns in life seemed to focus on helping and supporting others. Despite his own story,and his upcoming book, he wanted to talk about the bookshop, the family and how we continue to stand when so much around us wants us to fail. We are angry and heartbroken at this modern day lynching. Our hearts go out to his family and friends. There must be an accountability for this.

14/08/2026

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13/08/2026

Some books about music for your shelves ...

12/08/2026

Carolynn's book of the month is What We Leave We Carry by Colin Grant.

"We hear so much rhetoric about migration. We forget that movement is in all of our DNA. From the beginning of time we have moved, long before borders existed.

It was a delight to come across this beautiful book from Colin Grant, acclaimed author and historian.

Colin has created a beautiful book where he makes space for those that have travelled and migrated to speak for themselves and it is fully absorbing and compelling. I loved this book and so wanted to meet the many people who opened up a window into their lives. I am confident that you will be repeating these stories to friends and family, and bringing more life to them, too. It is one that I will keep going back to over and over."

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What We Leave We Carry: Voices of Migration to Britain - 9781787333161

11/08/2026

Some quick reads for you ...
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10/08/2026

As a part of our birthday month celebration, we're giving you a chance to win for now and for the future!
Buy a ticket for our upcoming event with and win a copy of her book The Wilderness AND get two tickets to an Afrori event of your choice over the next year!
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