translated or bilingual books in ALAWiT

Semantics of the World: selected poems

Edition published in New Mexico by University of New Mexico Press in 2022
Semantics of the World: selected poems
Rómulo Bustos Aguirre
No give up, maan! = ¡No te rindas!

Edition published in Bogotá by Ministerio de Cultura de Colombia in 2016
No give up, maan! = ¡No te rindas!
Hazel Robinson Abrahams
The Devil's Nose

Edition published in New York by Page Publishing in 2015
The Devil's Nose
Luz Argentina Chiriboga
The sad end of Policarpo Quaresma

Edition published in Londres by Penguin Classics in 2014
The sad end of Policarpo Quaresma
Lima Barreto
Querencias = homing instincts

Edition published in California, EEUU by Cubanabooks in 2013
Querencias = homing instincts
Nancy Morejón
Sirena selena

Edition published in New York by Picador in 2013
Sirena selena
Mayra Santos-Febres
Tres relatos del Caribe costarricense (en inglés)

Edition published in San José, Costa Rica by Ministerio de Cultura, Juventud y Deportes in 2013
Tres relatos del Caribe costarricense (en inglés)
Dolores Joseph Montout
A Black Soldier's Story: the Narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence

Edition published in Minneapolis, USA by University of Minnesota Press in 2010
A Black Soldier's Story: the Narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence
Ricardo Batrell
Changó, the Biggest Badass

Edition published in Texas by Texas Tech University Press in 2010
Changó, the Biggest Badass
Manuel Zapata Olivella
Looking within: selected poems

Edition published in Detroit, EEUU by Wayne State University Press in 2003
Looking within: selected poems
Nancy Morejón
Always rebellious: selected poems = Cimarroneando: poemas escogidos

Edition published in Chico, EEUU by Cubanabooks in 1996
Always rebellious: selected poems = Cimarroneando: poemas escogidos
Georgina Herrera
Drums under my Skin

Edition published in Washington, D.C. by Afro-Hispanic Institute in 1996
Drums under my Skin
Luz Argentina Chiriboga
The best short stories of Quince Duncan

Edition published in San José, Costa Rica by Editorial Costa Rica in 1995
The best short stories of Quince Duncan
Quince Duncan
Yania tierra: poema documento = document poem

Edition published in Washington, D.C. by Azul in 1995
Yania tierra: poema documento = document poem
Aída Cartagena Portalatón
Juyungo: a classic Afro-Hispanic novel

Edition published in Washington, D.C. by Three Continent Press in 1991
Juyungo: a classic Afro-Hispanic novel
Adalberto Ortiz
Tengo

Edition published in Detroit, EEUU by Broadside Press in 1974
Tengo
Nicolás Guillén
Cumboto

Edition published in Texas, EEUU by University of Texas Press in 1969
Cumboto
Ramón Díaz Sánchez
Poems by a slave in the island of Cuba

Edition published in Londres by T. Ward & Co. in 1840
Poems by a slave in the island of Cuba
Juan Francisco Manzano

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ALAWiT is a resource for readers, writers, publishers, students and teachers interested in Afro-American and Latin American culture in general, and Afro-Latin American culture in particular. It gathers book covers, excerpts, bibliographic clues and digital downloads of works by black Latin American authors in original language and in translation.

The collection is developed to promote Afro-Latin American Writers in Translation: a series of critial editions of celebrated works in translation coordinated by professor Mark A. Sanders and aimed to advance research and academic reflection on the Black presence in Latin America and its influence across the Americas.