Biko - Cry Freedom

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Shout out to @AllDebooks for suggesting Africa as a location.

Research led me to these books. The only one I‘m familiar with is Cry Freedom. They all seemed really good. I think I will be choosing Cry, the Beloved Country.

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ChaoticMissAdventures This is great!! I have read a couple of books about the after effects like Trevor Noah's autobiography but nothing about this particular time. Glad to have a reason to go down a book rabbit hole. 3mo

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Cuilin @ChaoticMissAdventures oh my gosh, my daughter read the Trevor Noah biography, and I saw it sitting on her shelf and that is what inspired this theme/prompt. Enjoy the research. (edited) 3mo

slategreyskies I passed through South Africa a few times in 98-99, & I stayed with a white host family one of those times. They were some of the kindest people I‘d ever met until somehow the topic of black people came up at the dinner table. The hatred was so abrupt & harsh & complete, & I didn‘t understand how anyone could think that way. Years later, I studied apartheid & realized it had only just stopped when I was there. It will likely take a long time ⬇️ 3mo

slategreyskies (Cont.) for the pain & hatred & racism to be pushed out. It is so important to learn about this sort of thing. I think, if we learn about what happened, then maybe we can keep it from happening again. 3mo

Karisimo This has been on my list for awhile!

Hum If You Don't Know the Words

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Cuilin @slategreyskies what an interesting experience, I agree it‘s important to learn and acknowledge the ugly truth of racism and white privilege. We can only do better when we face and confront our own bias. 3mo

Cuilin @Karisimo it looks really good. 3mo

ChaoticMissAdventures @slategreyskies oh my goodness, I don't know what I would have done in this situation. It is so utterly bizarre to me to hate people in this way. And to share that hatred so openly? 3mo

LeeRHarry I read Cry, the Beloved Country for a bookgroup read years ago - Pamela Jooste is also an author worth checking out. (edited) 3mo

AllDebooks Yay! I'm really looking forward to researching this one. I highly recommend

Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela

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julieclair For those interested, I have updated our StoryGraph challenge with our prompts through September: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/f6f6ac21-909a-4d7e-9e1c-2084aab... @Karisimo @slategreyskies @ChaoticMissAdventures @LeeRHarry @AllDebooks @dabbe @jenniferw88 @Sace @Deblovestoread @DestinyMorna @BarkingMadRead @Itchyfeetreader @tdrosebud @thegreensofa @Amiable (edited) 3mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks great suggestion!! 3mo

Cuilin @julieclair thanks I started entering my books 📚 3mo

sblbooks I plan on reading

Hum If You Don't Know the Words

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Cuilin @sblbooks good reviews!!! Enjoy!! 3mo

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