Offering fiction, poetry, and essays from three continents and twenty countries, Black Women Writers brings together more than 100,000 pages of literature and essays written by black women from African and the African Diaspora. 

Many of the writings have been hidden in rare and hard-to-find texts, obscure typewritten documents, photocopied journals, and other fugitive sources.  The writings present the woman's perspective on the diversity and development of black people generally, and in particular the works document the evolution of black feminism.

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