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No Heaven for Good Boys

January 29, 2021

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In Senegal, young boys are often sent from their rural villages to Dakar, a city where they have opportunities for religious and secular education not found at home. Most often it begins when the ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Africa, cultural, debut, literary, social issues

Winter 2021 Books I’m Ready to Read

January 6, 2021

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New year, new books! As much as I’m ready for things to be different in 2021, there is a change I’m not looking forward to in the book world. A combination of COVID and the economy means publishers ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature, Reading Tagged: Africa, contemporary life, literary, Middle East, mythology, social issues

A Girl is a Body of Water

September 30, 2020

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I came upon Jennifer Makumbi’s novel, A Girl is a Body of Water, in my efforts to further diversify my reading. It’s a multi-generational saga centered around a young Ugandan woman named Kirabo. The ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: 1970s, Africa, cultural, literary

His Only Wife: A Novel

September 7, 2020

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In a small town in Ghana, Afi Tekple lives in a house with her widowed mother. It’s in a compound owned by her avaricious uncle and his many wives and their children. Afi did not go to university, but ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Book Reviews, Fiction Tagged: Africa, book clubs, contemporary life, cultural, debut

8 Fall 2020 Books I’m Ready to Read

September 2, 2020

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  September is here and fall (sort of) so I’ve got to pull myself out of my summer funk and get re-energized for reading. I feel as if I need to keep apologizing, because despite my best efforts ... Read More...

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Filed Under: Feature, Reading Tagged: Africa, magic, Middle East, racism, social issues

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