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I only have one book left on my “must read” list for the end of the year!! 🎉🎊

This book is a look at the history of Africa. It forces you to reconsider what you know about the continent and the way colonialism takes place. It looks, chronologically for the most part, at the way in which religion spread through and changed how the country was run. It looks at the mixing of ethnicities and how that created a ruling class and a subservient class..

I‘ve been steadily reading and dissecting this book and it has a lot of information. Tons of information. For the most part I‘m enjoying it. At times Williams narrative comes off very biased towards himself which is interesting because this whole book is focused on the colonization of Africa and how that came about. But sometimes he comes off as if this is a personal affront to himself. It is weird at times. This book though is really fascinating

This is one of the last remaining books on my “must read” list this year and there is no time like the present. Williams states in the preview the reasons why he decided to research and write this book. The basis being that he wanted a Black man to write the history of Black people and Africa. He didnt want anyone else setting the narrative or writing the history so he researched and compiled this. He has very strong views and I‘m interested to...

My present to myself for this 4th of July is this book. Just ordered. The irony is not lost on me that while the U.S. fought for it's freedom it was also so hell bent on keeping people enslaved. It also isn't lost on me how systematic and institutionalized racism still exist so prevalently in the U.S. I usually celebrate the 4th because I'm grateful for the rights I'm granted and those who fight. But I'm also aware and wary of what's happening now