PRESS

Tuma's Books is an Online Bookstore dedicated to carefully curating diverse books by Black, Indigenous, and POC (BIPOC) authors. We are Black, Muslim, First-Generation, Gambian-American, Woman-owned and value diversity, inclusion, and equity, as well as promoting education and literacy in underserved communities. 

Thanks for reading our past press appearances below:

I'm quoted in this article on Vulture by Emma Alpern about Amazon's inconsiderate book sale overlapping Independent Bookstore Day 2025. 

Spotlight on Fatuma Hydara: Founder of Tuma’s Books, Bookseller of Diverse Literature by Sarah Ambrus of Lioness Books in Texas • October 28, 2024

Featured in Addie Rawr’s Black Owned Business Shopping Guide


Bronx Net TV with OPEN host Daren Jaime - BronxNet’s mission is to keep the community in touch with the people, issues, and activities happening in and around the borough.

CanvasRebel - Their mission is to create a space for artists, creatives and entrepreneurs to be able to learn from their peers through the magic and power of storytelling. Read my story on their website.

Chalkbeat

  • Chalkbeat NY (Essential education reporting in New York) - ‘Books opened up worlds for me’: This Harlem teacher shares her love of literature and how she’s promoting diverse authors.

Bronx Net - Bronx Taste of Africa

  • BronxNet (interview by Jonathan Calixto) Bronx Taste of Africa: In anticipation of Africa Day, Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson celebrated African small businesses and their contributions to the Bronx at Bronx Community College.

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