Black People who changed the world
AcknowledgementsA special mention must be made for the website www.100greatblackbritons.com, which inspired and provided material for many of the Black British biographies listed here.
Adler, Phillip J.: ‘World Civilisation, Vol. 1: To 1600’
Al’ Daffa, A.A.: ‘The Muslim Contribution to Mathematics’
Allingham, Rob: ‘Hip Kings, Hip Queens: South African Jazz’
Angelou, Maya: ‘I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings’
BBC News South Asia: ‘Obituary- Sirimavo Bandaranaike: First Woman Premier’
Becker, Ryan: ‘Audre Lorde’ (www.english.emory.edu/Bahri/RYAN.HTML)
Bediz, David: ‘The Story Of Hatshepsut’ (www.bediz.com/hatshep/story.html)
Boscaurol, Mauriz: ‘Nina Simone- Biography’ (www.boscarol.com/nina/html/manual/bio.html)
Chang, Jung: ‘Wild Swans’
Dawkins, Richard: ‘River Out Of Eden’
Durán, Lucy: ‘Mandé Sounds: West Africa’s Musical Powerhouse’
Gao Xingjian: ‘Soul Mountain’
Goddard, Keith: ‘Behind The Mask’
Govindu, Venu: ‘The Face Of The Narmada’
Harridun, Said and King, Noël: ‘Ibn Battuta in Black Africa ’
Hawley, John Stratton: ‘Three Bhakti Voices: Mirabai, Surdas, and Kabir In Their Times and Ours’
Hsu, Elizabeth: ‘Innovations In Chinese Medicine’
Huntley Grayson, James: ‘Korea: A Religious History’
Jakobsh, Doris R.: ‘Relocating Gender In Sikh History’
Kassell, Lauren: ‘Medicine and Society, 1250-1750’
Koppes, Steven: ‘Lucy Goes To College’
Maor, Eli: ‘To Infinity And Beyond: A Cultural History Of The Infinite’
Needham, Joseph, with Wang Ling: ‘A History Of Mathematics and the Sciences of the Heavens and Earth In China’; ‘History of Scientific Thought In China’
Needham, Joseph and Lu, Guijien, with Wang Ling and Robinson, Kenneth: ‘A History Of Physics And Physical Technology In China’
Sardar, Ziauddin: ‘Islam: Resistance And Reform’
Shiva, Vandana: ‘Staying Alive: Women, Environment and the Popular Consciousness Movement’
Sullivan Harper, Donna Akiba: ‘Langston Hughes’ (www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/bio/hughes_l.htm)
Wadud, Amina: ‘A’ishah’s Legacy’
the Wangari Maathai Foundation (www.wangarimaathai.or.ke)
Whitfield, Susan: ‘Life Along The Silk Road’
Wyatt, David K.: ‘Thailand: A Short History’
