Diversifying your AAPI Reading
Tuma's Books recs by Asian writers from lesser represented countries.
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Read Diverse Books. All Year Long!
Monthly Book Club and Online Bookstore offering a carefully curated selection of diverse titles by BIPOC authors because authentic representation of marginalized identities matters for everyone.
Why Tuma's Books?
Authentic diverse books by Black, Indigeneous, POC, and/or Queer writers handpicked for you by an avid reader and experienced educator.
Careful research to bring you powerful stories centering underrepresented identities, communities, and experiences.
Promoting literacy in communities with low literacy rates.
Directly support a small business, BIPOC authors, and local economy.
Owned by a Black, Muslim, Gambian, First-Generation American Woman.
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Currently Reading: Yinka, Where is Your Huzband? By Lizzie Damilola Blackburn
I'm currently reading Yinka, Where Is Your Huzband by Lizzie Damilola Blackburn and here are my thoughts so far:
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Yinka, Yinka, Yinka . . .
Focus on the PI of AAPI Heritage Month
The AAPI stories that we predominantly see are East and South Asian--Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indian. But Asia is the LARGEST continent with about 50 countries! Each with multitudes of identities and experiences that deserve to be told.
I challenge all of us to find stories about LESSER represented nations and learn what we can. Read for recs to get you started.
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I challenge all of us to find stories about LESSER represented nations and learn what we can. Read for recs to get you started.
About Tuma:
My name is Fatuma Hydara and I am an 8th grade English teacher by day and a reader-entrepreneur by night. I've always been book-obsessed. As a child, I hid under my covers with a flashlight reading late into the night. Growing up, books and stories were gateways into worlds and experiences that were so different from my own as the oldest daughter of West African, Muslim immigrants, living in The Bronx, NY. However, I never found stories that reflected my identity as Black, Muslim, First Generation, Gambian-American. Read the rest of my story here.
If books and reading is your life, if you value diversity and connecting with others, if you enjoy simple pleasures, and if you're young at heart, then this is your home. Thank you for joining me in my journey. Read the rest of my mission/vision here.