Prologue: The Negro National Anthem
Foreword by Professor Jan Willis, PhD
Part I: Reappropriating the Buddha : 1. The Black Buddha / by Shaka Khalpani
2. Black African Descendant Buddhas / by Marisela Gomez
3. Parenting Black Children in a Joyful and Sorrowful World : The Buddha's Teaching of the Heavenly Abodes / by Allyson Pimentel
4. Coming Home to Embodied Nonduality / by Anouk Aimée Shambrook
5. Sadhana of Awakened Melanin : Devotional Practices to Help Transform Self and Other / by Justin Miles (Shiwa Chuwo)
Part II: Black Liberation : 6. There Is a Balm: Black Liberation Theology and the Contemporary Struggle / by Andrea Murray-Lichtman and Ashton Murray
7. Africa, Islam, and Liberation / by Nisa Muhammad
8. The Wisdom of Rastafari : Key Moments That Led to the Uprising of the Rastafari Movement in the Mid-1970s until Now / by Elisha Precilla
9. Vajrayana Buddhism : A Path to Healing and Liberations for People of African Descent / by Karla Jackson-Brewer
10. Kwanzaa in Canada / by Dr. Afua Cooper
11. Africanity : An Interview with an African Elder Priestess / by Valerie Mason-John (Vimalasara)
Part III: Social Justice : The Revival of an old Religion : 12. Black Lives Matter : An Anthem for Intersectional Black Liberation / by Cicely Belle Blain
13. A Twelve-Step Approach Exploring Cultural Bias, Racism, and Otherism / by Rev. Seiho Mudo Morris
14. They Call You a Bodhisattva : Homage to Martin Luther King Jr. / by Larry Ward
15. Bringing Malcolm X Down Home, to Canada
and to Nova Scotia / by George Elliott Clarke
16. African Wisdom Traditions : Womxn, Embodiment, and Creative Expression / by Arisika
17. Purification and Protests : The Murder of Black Bodies in America / by Alex Kakuyo
18. Wisdom Teachings for Our Black Incarcerated Brothers and Sisters / by Audrey Charlton
19. Extinction Rebellion : Also a Concern for People of Color Communities / by Amaragita Pearse
20. Committing to Truth: An Interview with JoAnna Hardy / by Laurie Amodeo
Part IV: Decolonizing Mindfulness : 21. African Mindfulness / by Olusola Adebiyi a.k.a. Sola Story
22. Mindfulness from the Cradle of Mankind / by Elizabeth Nyirambonigaba Mpyisi
23. Being Silenced, Claiming Silence: The Practice of Stillness in the Movement for Liberation / by Rima Vesely-Flad
24. Kemetic Yoga, an Ancient Egyptian Spirituality / by Yirser Ra Hotep (Elvrid Lawrence)
25. Ancestralization / by Cosmore Marriott
26. Why Did Jesus Turn Water into Wine? / by Biko Agozino
27. When will we sing, dance, tell our stories, dwell in silence and begin breathing again? / by Valerie Mason-John (Vimalasara)
Part V: The Personal Is Political: 27. In Search of Hypolites : Making Sense of My African and Native American Ancestry / by Kabir Hypolite
28. Turning, Turning, Turning / by Dr. g
29. Jesus and Buddha Pointing to Black Liberation / by Thomas Davis IV
30. Healing My Broken Heart / by Angela Dews
31. Encourage Others by Overcoming Your Own Suffering / by Venerable Pannavati
32. The Web Dancer : DarkNight, Zamani, Dip / by Sojourner Wright
33. The Blessing / by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel