Comments on: Ghana Must Go https://www.bacononthebookshelf.com/2014/05/19/africa-on-my-mind-part-1-of-4/ Savory picks for the free range reader Thu, 11 Sep 2014 22:18:06 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 By: jenniferpuryear https://www.bacononthebookshelf.com/2014/05/19/africa-on-my-mind-part-1-of-4/#comment-212 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 23:05:52 +0000 https://bacononthebookshelf.wordpress.com/?p=1898#comment-212 Sine, I love how ambitious you are for me!! I am so thrilled with these recommendations. Thank you!!

]]> By: Sine https://www.bacononthebookshelf.com/2014/05/19/africa-on-my-mind-part-1-of-4/#comment-211 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 22:58:28 +0000 https://bacononthebookshelf.wordpress.com/?p=1898#comment-211 In reply to jenniferpuryear.

Another must-read, and a classic akin to The Grapes of Wrath, is Cry the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. You may have already read it. I may have already told you about this other one I absolutely loved called Twenty Chickens for a Saddle. It’s a memoir about a childhood in rural Botswana and the author has the most wonderful voice, I think you’ll really like that one. The Voluptuous Delights of Peanut Butter and Jam is along similar lines but darker, and takes place in then Rhodesia. And lastly, the Africa travel book that in my mind is a must read is Dark Star Safari by Paul Theroux (he of Mosquito Coast, yes that one). See, I envision you with oodles of time all summer, needing more books to read:-)

]]> By: jenniferpuryear https://www.bacononthebookshelf.com/2014/05/19/africa-on-my-mind-part-1-of-4/#comment-210 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 21:14:35 +0000 https://bacononthebookshelf.wordpress.com/?p=1898#comment-210 Fantastic! Thank you so much! I will check it out right now!

]]> By: Debra Beilke https://www.bacononthebookshelf.com/2014/05/19/africa-on-my-mind-part-1-of-4/#comment-209 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 21:08:49 +0000 https://bacononthebookshelf.wordpress.com/?p=1898#comment-209 In reply to jenniferpuryear.

I did a blog post a little while ago on some “classic” African women writers. This list if by no means exhaustive. It’s just a place to start!

https://debrabooks.wordpress.com/2014/05/04/check-out-these-african-women-writers/

]]> By: jenniferpuryear https://www.bacononthebookshelf.com/2014/05/19/africa-on-my-mind-part-1-of-4/#comment-208 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 20:53:22 +0000 https://bacononthebookshelf.wordpress.com/?p=1898#comment-208 In reply to Debra Beilke.

Hi Debra! Please let me know if there are any must-reads that I need to add to my stack of books! Thanks so much for commenting.

]]> By: Debra Beilke https://www.bacononthebookshelf.com/2014/05/19/africa-on-my-mind-part-1-of-4/#comment-207 Tue, 10 Jun 2014 20:44:41 +0000 https://bacononthebookshelf.wordpress.com/?p=1898#comment-207 Thanks for this series! I’ve read quite a few African novels, but there are plenty more to read.

]]> By: Sine https://www.bacononthebookshelf.com/2014/05/19/africa-on-my-mind-part-1-of-4/#comment-206 Tue, 20 May 2014 03:25:47 +0000 https://bacononthebookshelf.wordpress.com/?p=1898#comment-206 In reply to jenniferpuryear.

You’re welcome! I am totally passionate about Africa books. I guess because it’s a relatively “new” or at least “unknown” genre, and limited in scope, although there are still a ton of books. Most of those books listed there have links to where I wrote reviews about them that go into more detail, so you should be able to get a good overview from that. And at the bottom is a huge long list of “yet to read” Africa books. I’m impressed how fast you work your way through books!

]]> By: jenniferpuryear https://www.bacononthebookshelf.com/2014/05/19/africa-on-my-mind-part-1-of-4/#comment-205 Tue, 20 May 2014 03:08:33 +0000 https://bacononthebookshelf.wordpress.com/?p=1898#comment-205 I will absolutely check out the Africa section on your blog, Sine! Thank you so much for mentioning it!! I should have thought to look there first. I may be reading about Africa for months! Thank you so much for sharing these wonderful resources and your thoughts.

]]> By: Sine https://www.bacononthebookshelf.com/2014/05/19/africa-on-my-mind-part-1-of-4/#comment-204 Tue, 20 May 2014 03:02:56 +0000 https://bacononthebookshelf.wordpress.com/?p=1898#comment-204 I also read Half of a Yellow Sun and loved it. I remember hearing the word “Biafra children” when growing up in Europe, and never having any idea where exactly this Biafra was, except that it must be a terrible place. It was a great book.
CAn I also suggest that if you want to read more books about Africa (although you have an ambitious list there already:-), go and check out my “Africa” section on my blog, where I assembled the books on Africa I read and loved. It’s a work in progress and I have many more on my list, but it’s a good start. I especially loved “Mukiwa: White Boy in Africa” by Peter Godwin, a wonderful author who writes about Zimbabwe/Rhodesia. Anyway, here is the link: https://www.joburgexpat.com/p/books.html.

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