From Niggas to Gods, Part One [Paperback]

Akil (Author), Andre Akil (Author), J. Clopton (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1993

This is a complilation of individual essays ...The essays are designed to inspire thought within the black mind. These writings are primarily targeted toward the black youth of this day. "They" say that my generation is not intelligent enough to read a book. i say that "they" are wrong.

Product Details

• Paperback: 248 pages
• Publisher: Lushena Books; 1st edition (December 1993)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1564110648
• ISBN-13: 978-1564110640
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,441 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every Black High School Student Should Read This Book, August 31, 2000

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David S. Burt (Memphis, TN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: From Niggas to Gods, Part One (Paperback)

Every young Black male or female should read this book. If it were my choice, I would have this book as part of a school curriculum in every Black high school. The reason is because a lot of young Black males who are hard to reach have a militant attitude and this book is able to spark the minds of those militant youth. I love reading this book and I'm always anxious to recommend it to any fellow brother who's in a gang or in prison, because they really really need this information that's in this book.

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, to say the least, August 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: From Niggas to Gods, Part One (Paperback)

From Niggas to Gods (Part 1) does a good job of stating the state of mind of young black men growing up in urban areas (the ghetto, the hood), and for the most part is an on-point analysis of the problems facing young men like me in black society and american society at large. However, the solutions that Akil provides in the book are sometimes superficial, and often vague as to the exact methods to becoming gods instead of niggas. Still, the book is provocative enough in its extremely readable way that I look forward to finding Part 2, which promises to tell how to escape "niggativity" and become gods.

11 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bold Medicine, June 19, 2004

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Iya (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: From Niggas to Gods, Part One (Paperback)

I initially read this book 5 years ago...it changed my life-it changed my entire thought process, I see nothing but beauty in ALL black people, even those of us still lost. I can see clearly now, and this book prompted me to seek further to educate my self and my family. I just re-read it last week, it's like a tentanus shot, it's a bit painful, but necessary to protect you against the rabid dogbite in the ass that this ill structured society is content to give you. I have passed this book on to the most die-hard gangsta brothers and the most die hard corporate brothers then sat back and listened to the conversations and experienced the change. Beautiful. Akil states firmly that he is still a student of these works, his humble yet hardcore approach is just the jumpstart that is needed for our children, mothers, fathers, sons and daughters...if you are a person of color, you should read this book, with an open mind and willing heart. I'm on my second reading of "From Niggas To Gods Part 2" and I'm picking up a third book directed towards me..a black sista. The beautiful thing is, I'm no longer afraid to make a diffrence in my community, I am an activist and an advocate for social change within the black community... with less leaders and more workers (Read "The Mis-Education of the Negro by "Carter G. Woodson") we will put ourselves back together. My 15 year old son is currently reading this book, and I see him smiling and contemplating, he asks pertinent questions and it is THE FIRST BOOK I have ever witnessed him pick up voluntarily...and that, my people, is a future "worker for the cause". This book is a must have for every book shelf...hell put it on your coffee table and just get the conversation started...