Black Mamba Boy: A Novel | 
I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!
#ABookADay2023
Day 8 #AdventRecommends April Book 2
Another book that was so unexpected and which I grew to love. Third choice out of 8 so far that came because of #ReadingAfrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
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#BigJuneReadthon #AnyAnimalInTheTitle
This has been one of my favourite reads of the #ReadingAfrica2022 Challenge so far.
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pickJama is a young Somalian boy when his mother dies in the port city of Aden, Yemen, and so he decides he will undertake a trek to find his father, who he believes to be a “driver” somewhere in #Sudan. Thus begins his travels across north Africa & on to England all during the most dangerous time the world has ever seen, WWII. He is smart and lucky (thanks to his being born under the lucky sign of the black mamba). But he also makes stupid ⬇️
I finished this audiobook tonight. It grew on me over time and I‘m looking forward to reviewing it. In the meantime it has helped me complete a few countries for #readingafrica2022: #Somalia #Eritrea #Djibouti and #Sudan. Some of it takes place in #Egypt too. It‘s free for Audible subscribers and it certainly helped with the challenge! It can be a rough read but it‘s very good. Review to come. @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
pickA journey like no other. A heart wrenching yet hopeful story of young Jama, a boy from Yemen, who travels across Africa and Asia with nothing more than dreams, determination and the goal to find his father. What makes this book even more special, the events of WWII are on the periphery of the story leading to a fascinating background. Stunning narration #Hoopla #ReadingAfrica22 I‘m using for #Eritrea and #Djibouti
This book is heart wrenching- so bleak, yet you can‘t stop rooting/ hoping/ praying for young Jama - a Somalian boy searching for his father who he believes is a soldier fighting in Sudan. This works for many African countries so far - #Djibouti #Eritrea #Somalia #Sudan #ReadingAfrica22 #OutstandingAudio 🎧❤️🙌🏻
#UpNext #ReadingAfrica22 I think @Andrew65 said it works for #Eritrea so I‘m hoping 🤞🏽I‘m very curious to learn about Eritrea 🇪🇷
This will be my next audiobook, which I will listen to during my drives tomorrow. #Somalia #ReadingAfrica2022
It‘s about a boy‘s journey to find his father somewhere in #Egypt, so I‘m hoping to cover several countries in Africa
This audiobook is free with an Audible subscription. It works for #readingafrica2022 #Somalia. @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
pickReally enjoyed this one, but at times not easy reading. It has a bit of a Thousand Splendid Suns feel about it. Certainly gives you a very personal perspective on East Africa and the struggles everyday people continue to go through.
Read for #ReadingAfrica2022 Using it for #Eritrea 🇪🇷 but could easily be used for Somalia, Somaliland, Sudan or even Egypt.
A great find.
pickThis is an engrossing semi-autobiographical debut novel about the author‘s father. Jama is on a long voyage to find his father who left to find work. They have had no word since. Set in 1930s and 1940s in the Middle East, you will learn about the history of the area and so much more. Your emotions will be all over the place but it‘s so worth it. Breathtaking!
Starting to read this book that looks like it will work for either Eritrea or Somalia (Somaliland at the time). #ReadingAfrica2022
Will report back at the end of the book which it is best for.
pickThis took more brain power than I've had for a few weeks so took a bit of a break the middle. Really enjoyed it overall and kept googling the locations, definitely have a new perspective on the war and improved my geography!
pick🐍 🐍🐍🐍 This was an excellent book. Mohamed based this book on her father's life and I thought that it was beautiful, harrowing, and heartwarming. It ended a bit abruptly, I thought, but it was still a good story.
