#BLACKATHON 2020 CHALLENGE | Black History Month Reading Challenge

BLACKATHON 2020 - YOUTUBE CHALLENGE

TEAM SFF THEMES/INSPIRATIONS:

00:53 Janelle Monae: LGBTQIA+ SFF book with black protagonist - I am reading The Deep by Rivers Solomon (CURRENTLY $1.99 on Amazon for your Kindle) - https://amzn.to/31SxRR8

02:42 Nnedi Okorafor: A work of Afrofuturism centering a complex and advance society 

I will be reading War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi - https://amzn.to/2SqOq3w

03:52 David F Walker: A SFF comic/graphic novel by a black author with a black protagonist - For that I am reading The Black Mage by Daniel Barnes & DJ Kirkland - https://amzn.to/2SIJLsw

04:35 Dhonielle Clayton: A SFF book with a cunning and ambitious black protagonist - For this one I am reading The Good Luck Girls by Charlotte Nicole Davis - https://amzn.to/2PaCK2X

05:25 This year there is also a Blackathon Instagram Challenge taking place February 15 - 21nd  that I think I will also be participating in CHECK ME OUT ON IG at http://instagram.com/keneshaisdope: 

Day 1 - Mirror Image: Cover recreation or homage

Day 2 - Slept On: a book no one talks about

Day 3 - Call and Response: A Community Recommendation 

Day 4 - #BlackBoyJoy: A lighthearted comfort read 

Day 5 - #BlackGirlMagic: SFF with a black protagonist

Day 6 - POSE: Black LGBTQIA+ author or character

Day 7 - My Kitchen: Book covering black mental health or disability 

Hashtag: #Blackathon2020  **MUST tag @bowtiesandbooks in these IG posts (Lauren isn't doing this challenge so just tag me) 

If you post for all 7 days you can win our #blackathon2020 giveaway!

BLACK SFF COMIC & GRAPHIC NOVELS:

Sorghum & Spear - https://www.sorghumandspear.com

Mine to Avenge - https://peepgamecomix.com/product/mine-to-avenge-book-of-layla/

Far Sector - https://amzn.to/2Hrcddm

Malice in Ovenland - https://peepgamecomix.com/product/malice-in-ovenland-vol-1/

Harriet Tubman Demon Slayer - https://amzn.to/2uKp1bO

BLACK - https://amzn.to/322CBDS

Marassa - 

The Gentleman - https://peepgamecomix.com/product/the-gentleman-1/

NowZine - https://notsosuper.pub/collections/comics/products/nowzine

Kindred - https://amzn.to/38urfLe

Niobe: She is Life - https://amzn.to/38uraqU

House of Whispers - https://amzn.to/31VfOJR

Power Knights - https://peepgamecomix.com/product/the-power-knights-1/

The Search for Sadiquah - https://platform-l7.myshopify.com/?fbclid=IwAR2BLa8VdsgQl0OAEXvRxvlq49QK5cUmncmUUefcGyOcOYfYxk1HijS2U94

11:15 BLOOPERS! 

HOSTS OF BLACKATHON:

Jessie of Bowties & Books: Bowties & Books

Lauren: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv_U...

RESOURCES: 

Blackathon Twitter: @blackathon1 https://twitter.com/Blackathon1

Afrocentric Books: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k... 

Afrofuturism Goodreads Shelf

https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/... 

Googledoc of all the challenges: https://docs.google.com/document/d/10...