Dark Emu
When I started reading Bruce Pascoe’s account of “Aboriginal Australia and the birth of agriculture”, as Dark Emu is billed on the cover, I must confess I didn’t expect it to be page-turner. But it is.
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Caine Prize Shortlist 2020
The AKO Caine Prize for African Writing’s shortlist for 2020 is out. The selection includes five short stories, all freely available via their website. It’s definitely worth checking them out. Here’s a short review of each to whet your appetite.
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Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo’s Booker-prize-winning Girl, Woman, Other tells the stories of twelve people – as the dust jacket puts it – ‘mostly women, mostly Black’ for whom Britain has, in one way or another, been a home.
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A Black Women’s History of the United States
A Black Women’s History of the United States is a great resource for readers interested in US history in general and Black women’s role in it specifically.
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Two Trees Make a Forest
Jessica J. Lee’s Two Trees Make a Forest is part ode to Taiwan, part loving meditation on the natural world, and part investigative journey into a family’s lost histories.
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The Testaments
Margaret Atwood’s long-awaited sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale was widely met with approval and accolades, culminating it its being awarded a shared Booker Prize.
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Soul Tourists
Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo’s earlier works are also worth checking out.
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Racism: A Beginner’s Guide
Alana Lentin, maybe one of the most lucid race scholars around at the moment, demystifies central questions surrounding race and racism.
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These Bones Will Rise Again
Panashe Chigumadzi’s non-fictional These Bones Will Rise Again is a thought-provoking reflection on the intertwined histories of Zimbabwe, and how they have been told.
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