Ama zing read. Very thorough and inspiring. This author never disappoints.
****Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an ARC in exchange for my honest review****

To paraphrase: <i>Blue is deeply involved in the alchemy of being black.</i> Imani Perry's eloquent treatise is a joy, particularly to listen to the author's narration in this ALC I was provided for review. It is broad, going back to the origins of black people, which itself is the origins of the human race, in Africa, and traces its association with "blueness," which even predates it. Filled with well-researched, and well-expressed facts, the novel just has little interesting pearls, enjoyable to discover as you journey your way through this book.