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Transforming the social sciences for a new
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A Black Woman-Owned  Academic Independent Press Founded in 2004

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Universal
Write
Publications

Transforming the social sciences for a new
generation of theory & practice

A Black Woman-Owned  Academic Independent Press Founded in 2004

Shop Books    Discover Authors 


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Universal
Write
Publications

Transforming the social sciences for a new
generation of theory & practice

A Black Woman-Owned  Academic Independent Press Founded in 2004

Portfolio and Demos    Portfolio and Demos 


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Universal Write Publications

Transforming the social sciences for a new generation of theory & practice

A Black Woman-Owned Academic Independent Press Founded in 2004

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Authors
Featured Books
Media Racism: The Impact of Media Injustice on Black Women’s Lives
A2: A Scholarly Poetical Science Discourse
The American Demagogue: Donald Trump (Revised Edition)
Revolutionary Pedagogy: Primer for Teachers of Black Children, Second Edition
The Journey of Kamau Miller: HipHop Composite Counterstories for Black Men Teachers
Invitation to Submit (Little Black Book Series)

    Black Academic Excellence

    UWP publishes a variety of topics through the framework of Black Scholars who write through the African lens: the lived experiences of the diaspora without compromising the rigor of academic scholarship that dignifies the essence of research, data analysis, and the scientific methods of the academy.

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    Featured Books

    Black Academic Excellence

    UWP publishes a variety of topics through the framework of Black Scholars who write through the African lens: the lived experiences of the diaspora without compromising the rigor of academic scholarship that dignifies the essence of research, data analysis, and the scientific methods of the academy.

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    Our Mission

    Universal Write Publications is committed to rigorous scholarship that reclaims the rich histories of the culturally diverse peoples who make up our society.

    UWP Books is determined to reimagine, raise the bar, and pivot the cultural paradigm on its axis to shift the narrative from Black people being the subject to Black scholars being the authoritative voice and instrument of peoples, cultures, and the social construct of race.

    Meet the Founder






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    Ayo Sekai, Ph.D.  |  Founder
    Universal Write Publications, LLC




    Our Mission

    Universal Write Publications is committed to rigorous scholarship that reclaims the rich histories of the culturally diverse peoples who make up our society.

    UWP Books is determined to reimagine, raise the bar, and pivot the cultural paradigm on its axis to shift the narrative from Black people being the subject to Black scholars being the authoritative voice and instrument of peoples, cultures, and the social construct of race.
    Meet the Founder










    Watch Video

    Ayo Sekai, Ph.D.  |  Founder
    Universal Write Publications, LLC




    Our Philosophy

    UWP Books is an intentional repudiation of the frameworks that align with the Eurocentric paradigm of systematic oppression that feeds the deemphasizing of Black-centered research and Afrocentric quintessence.

    To #TellOurOwnStory is to strengthen the reclamation of our narrative and empower scholarship across the African Diaspora through the interdisciplinary research of resistance, activism, and normative cultural ideology.


       

    "It is initiated with the intention of contributing to the process of demystification necessary for those of us who would liberate ourselves from European intellectual imperialism."

    – Marimba Ani, YURUGU





    Our Authors

    We are educators who resonate with the mission and philosophy to stand authentic in our research ethnography and epistemology.

    We maintain the foundational core practices of the griots, elders, healers, teachers, hunters, blacksmiths, and artists in the African-Centered Way of Knowing. In this knowing, we stand with allies and co-conspirators who amplify culture and the agency of our shared humanity.

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    Walter Greason, Phd
    Editor | Macalester College



    Our Authors

    We are educators who resonate with the mission and philosophy to stand authentic in our research ethnography and epistemology.
    We maintain the foundational core practices of the griots, elders, healers, teachers, hunters, blacksmiths, and artists in the African-Centered Way of Knowing. In this knowing, we stand with allies and co-conspirators who amplify culture and the agency of our shared humanity.
    Recent Authors
    Meet Our Authors


    Let the Circle be Unbroken
    ‒Marimba Ani

    As UWP authors, we are grounded in the perpetual search for growth, life-long education, and the continued quest for knowledge.
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    Walter Greason, Phd
    Editor | Macalester College
    Watch Video

    Let the Circle be Unbroken
    ‒Marimba Ani

    As UWP authors, we are grounded in the perpetual search for growth, life-long education, and the continued quest for knowledge.
    Submit a Proposal

    Crystal R. Chambers, Ph.D.

    Editor

    "I'm so grateful to be a part of the UWP Books family. I have worked with several other publishers in the past and this one embodies community more than any other I've seen. thanks to you all."

    Blaise Simqu

    CEO, SAGE Publications
    "As an independent company that is free to enable the creation of scholarly works that are balanced, grounded, anti-racist, and promote a more just society, we are excited to help grow UWP and champion Black scholars."

    Nah Dove, Ph.D.

    Author

    "UWP Books is fresh, young, exciting, stepping outside the race paradigm into futures that have already existed. UWP Books is for the forward-thinking, it is a Black/African publishing company that cares about its authors, readership, and community."

    Molefi Kete Asante, Ph.D.

    Author

    "UWP Books is taking its place beside Haki Madhubuti, Paul Coates, and other legendary publishers in advancing African American intellectual work in the 21st century. publishing with UWP Books has been an exhilarating experience, full of inspiration, vision, and possibilities."

    Danian Darrell Jerry, MFA

    Editor

    "Black authors, editors, and publishers in academia are pivotal in articulating the Black experience and advancing the narrative of Black agency and liberation."

    Walter Greason, Ph.D.

    Editor

    "UWP Books represents the growth of a vital aspect of the publishing industry--African diaspora voices. Without Dr. Sekai's vision and leadership, the world's readers would miss essential content for the future of human civilization."