Sisters of the Yam
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In *Sisters of the Yam*, bell hooks reflects on the ways in which the emotional health of black women has been and continues to be impacted by sexism and racism. Desiring to create a context where black females could both work on their individual efforts for self-actualization while remaining connected to a larger world of collective struggle, hooks articulates the link between self-recovery and political resistance. Both an expression of the joy of self-healing and the need to be ever vigilant in the struggle for equality, *Sisters of the Yam* continues to speak to the experience of black womanhood.
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Originally released in 1994, I can completely understand why it would have been so influential at not only that time, but in the decades following. bell examines how the emotional health of black women is wounded by daily assaults of racism and sexism, and then empowers Black women to do the necessary healing to rebuild their inner worlds. I imagine it has helped countless women over the past 30 years.
While the intended audience for this book is Black women, I would still encourage my fellow white women to listen to the words of bell hooks.
Her direct and approachable writing names the truth of the Black woman's lived experience, which has many universal truths for all women, but will also challenge all of us to examine our own biases about whiteness and illuminate the importance of healing and liberation.
Adenrele Ojo does a wonderful job of narrating bell hooks' influential writing.
***Thank you to Tantor Audio for providing me with the audiobook for free via NetGalley for an unbiased review.
