Three Novels every black woman should read

Just like music, the novel has been one of the primary ways African-American women have shared our stories of cultural and spiritual history. Black female novelist share more than just individual stories and have always found a way to chronicle the times, while elevating our culture throughout the world into amazing but timeless works of art.

Here are just few novels by African-American female authors that every black woman should read:

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston – Written by one of the greats of the Harlem Renaissance who also conducted anthropological studies in the American south and Haiti, Their Eyes Were Watching God depicts African-American life in the posr-Reconstruction American south through the eyes of Janin Crawford. Since its rediscover in the late 1960s it has become a much appreciate part of the American canon of literature.