africanhistory

A History of Pan-African Revolt | C.L.R. James

(1/2) Oops. Just completely forgot to post about the last two books I read lol. Been completely swept up in the new school year!

My last read of the summer. I figured it was short enough to squeeze in before school started & would be nice to knock out before I started the September seminar on CLR James that I‘m taking with the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research! 🙂

bibliothecarivs What did you think? I haven't read it. 2mo

breadnroses @bibliothecarivs Anything by James is worth a read. The introduction by Robin DG Kelley is essential! 2mo

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When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt | Kara Cooney

This book should be titled, When Women "Ruled" the World instead. While I thought this was going to be about female empowerment/feminism... it's giving much more, "she was in power only bc... "xx" reason." Men were still seen as superior. I thought this was going to be about a time when women were seen as equals.. but the author enjoys pointing out the fact women were never equal - this was all coincidence/luck that brought them into their power.

reading.rainb0w I don't want to give a shit review because I'm annoyed over facts - it's not the authors fault, obviously - but I wish these women were seen in the same respective positive light as the men in that era - perhaps it actually Was the way it's been written, or perhaps it was different, yet we can't see it through that lens as a society today based on our limited perspective of reality/truth. 🤔 #currentlyreading #nonfiction 4mo

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Purpleness

Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War | Howard W. French

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Purpleness

Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War | Howard W. French

One of the main points of this book is that the rise of modernity was built on Africa and Africans. A very serious, multi-faceted, and well-written argument, but I keep being reminded of the British Things song from Horrible Histories, which makes a sort-of similar basic point in a vastly different tone (and complexity level). But seriously, I am enjoying the book, earworms aside. https://youtu.be/sb56cMQEflA?si=YpzOCmbGrxceB6m0

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Purpleness

Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War | Howard W. French

#firstlinefridays

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Purpleness

Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War | Howard W. French

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Purpleness

Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans, and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War | Howard W. French

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Cuilin

Biko - Cry Freedom | Donald Woods

#BookedInTime

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. 5mo

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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) 5mo

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 ⬇️ 5mo

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. 5mo

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. 5mo

Cuilin @Karisimo it looks really good. 5mo

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? 5mo

LeeRHarry I read Cry, the Beloved Country for a bookgroup read years ago - Pamela Jooste is also an author worth checking out. (edited) 5mo

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) 5mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks great suggestion!! 5mo

Cuilin @julieclair thanks I started entering my books 📚 5mo

sblbooks I plan on reading

Hum If You Don't Know the Words

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Cuilin @sblbooks good reviews!!! Enjoy!! 5mo

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River of the Gods: Sir Richard Burton, John Speke, Sidi Mubarak Bombay and the Epic Search for the Source of the Nile | Candice Millard

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Good book. I wish to hear more about their trips though. Kinda reminded me of National Lampoons Vacation, a road trip where everything that can go wrong did go wrong, a calamity. Wanted to here more about the expeditions.

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There Was a Country: A Memoir | Chinua Achebe

At the end of the thirty-month war Biafra was a vast smoldering rubble. The head count at the end of the war was perhaps three million dead, which was approximately 20 percent of the entire population.

Chinua Achebe, There Was A Country

#memoir #Nigeria #war #history

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