Everything you need to understand or teach Temple Folk by Aaliyah Bilal.
Aaliyah Bilal's Temple Folk, a short story collection, charts the rise and decline of the Nation of Islam and its offshoots through the years, focusing on the inner lives of its Black Muslim members and the people in its orbit who are affected by it for years to come. The stories are all set in the United States, and the protagonists vary in age and circumstance. However, they share thematic commonalities like hypocrisy, gender expectations, and race relations within the Nation and the world at large.
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