Bookshop
Afrori
Feminist bookshop and café with cheap tea
7.5/10
Local score
No. 11 of 43 shops on r/brighton, from 6 locals across 5 threads.
100% would send a mate. Still recommended in 2026.
Well-regarded feminist/Black-owned bookshop attached to Brighthelm Centre, recommended alongside City Books and Goldsboro. Redditors like its in-store library/café feel, cheap £2 tea, and reading groups including a classics group.
- Go for
- Browsing books and a cheap tea
What locals say
I know Afrori books in Brighthelm Centre (black bookshop) does some cool reading groups, I have if white people welcome to join, as long as respectful more then welcome! There a great bookshop and have some really cool books. They do classics reading group, i think their focus is a mix so modern to older....…
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