Welcome to Litsy!

For my Global Reading Challenge - a book by an author from Algeria. Written in the 1990's - when Algerian women were being killed by extremist terrorists. This book is pulled from true stories told by Algerian refugees to France. It explores what it means when the unthinkable is the everyday, how to love a place and not be able to live in it. Incredibly heavy, I had to read in small doses, but I'm so glad I spent the time with this book.

Decided on my Global Reading book for #bookspin - the country is Algeria, and author Assia Djebar. My goal when I started was to read books written by people living in the country, who had been born in the country. I didn't want a tourist writing about a place they'd visited. I quickly realized it's more complicated than that, and the as the book of hers I'm reading (tagged) is a great example. (cont...)

The prospect of Internet Archive closing is devastating.When you don't have access to good libraries(or any libraries),it's a wonderful resource and provides you with a wide world of books,several not easily available.These are just a few of the incredible books I've read from it.

Only a day late for #FoodAndLit #Uganda. I LOVED the Ugandan Rolex - I‘ll be using that technique again in the future (even though I cheated and used a store-bought tortilla instead of making the chapati. I was just too tired).
Not a lot to say about the book. I wish I knew more Ugandan history. It‘s worth reading for the Thank You Note chapter alone.

Looking forward to the Dominican Republic for February.

This is a collection of stories focused on Algerian women and their experiences primarily centered in the 1990s, during the Algerian Civil War. Some worked better for me than others. These are often sad, sometimes brutal, but also filled with rich historical and cultural detail. While not a genre or style I really care for, it‘s well done, and evokes a strong sense of time and place.

#readingafrica2022 #algeria

A beautiful novel: shifting between the present and past of a dying African man in England who has never revealed his pre-sailor origins to his wife and children; of his wife, a foundling; and of his young adult son and daughter. Explores knowing identity, family dynamics, aging, and race issues, although I thought little was made of the fact that his adult kids are racialized.
#ReadingAfrica2022 #Can'tSayWhatCountry
#Booked2022 #AfricanAuthor

This book should be read by everyone. The lone survivor of a massacre in a school. He was continued to be hunted by the Hutus because he was a celebrated runner, but also a Tutsi. It was a hard read, but he carries his physical and emotional scars with such grace that I feel privileged to know his story. #Burundi #ReadingAfrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB #Nonfiction2022 #survivor @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Tragic.

#BlameitonLitsy saw that @shawnmooney was reading this on Goodreads, and found the story fascinating. What a powerful and unfortunately timely passage

I enjoyed this story of a middle aged woman, who discovers the identity of her father upon her mother‘s passing. Audio narration moved this from a so-so to a pick. Anna is at a crossroads in her life when she decides to throw caution to the wind and travel to #Mali to meet the father she never knew. Author really described African ritual, custom, culture, food & identity in vivid prose with rich details. #ReadingAfrica22 #Booked22 #AfricanAuthor