I'm an archaeologist, I love to read speculative fiction and feminist works (and why not both?), particularly from Africa.
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Igiaba Scego: Cassandra a Mogadiscio (Paperback, italiano language, 2023, Bompiani)
A Roma, il 31 dicembre 1990, una sedicenne si prepara per la sua prima festa di Capodanno: indossa un maglione …
Figlia unica e rimasta orfana di padre durante la guerra civile nigeriana, negli anni Sessanta, la giovane Ijeoma viene affidata …
Everyone needs to love and be loved -- even men. But to know love, men must be able to look …
Stefano Costa
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Vol. 1. – Planet Cosmic/Elemental/Planetary Kinship
With every breath, every sip of water, every meal, …
Have been very excited about this series since its release in late 2021, and my partner gifted it to me for my birthday. I love the writing of many of the contributors over the five volumes.
Vol. 1. – Planet Cosmic/Elemental/Planetary Kinship
With every breath, every sip of water, every meal, we are reminded that our …
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Each page until the very end is so strong and deeply ties together the personal sphere and the political. The pregnancy of the young daughter of Ramatulaye is the final step in this woman's liberation journey away from traditional roles and preconceptions.
The writing is plain and moves forward slow and easy, but don't be deceived. Each page is like a heavy stone, a new turn of the "plot". The narrator sits, mourning and yet powerful thanks to her own writing.
Americanah is a 2013 novel by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, for which Adichie …
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There are separate parts of this book that have their own identity. When reading through the final chapters I wondered if this was really the same book I had started a few weeks earlier. This is to say, the protagonists have a powerful way of growing up and becoming something different as the story progresses.
What stuck with me the most was how Ifemelu was "not Black" until she arrived in the USA.
Reading an excerpt where there's an archaeological dig going on made me curious
Americanah is a 2013 novel by the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, for which Adichie won the 2013 U.S. National …
With effortless grace, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie illuminates a seminal moment in African history: Biafra's struggle to establish an independent republic …
