https://youtu.be/B7MLDWAINXY?si=PK0YQLuLt8PdOUoV
Chatting about:
‘A brief cultural history of crying while reading‘ by Janet Manley - on LitHub: https://lithub.com/a-brief-cultural-history-of-crying-while-reading/
https://youtu.be/B7MLDWAINXY?si=PK0YQLuLt8PdOUoV
Chatting about:
‘A brief cultural history of crying while reading‘ by Janet Manley - on LitHub: https://lithub.com/a-brief-cultural-history-of-crying-while-reading/
#readingaroundtheworld #Togo My December Book on Togo did give me an intimate glimpse of life in a small tribal town in that African country. However, the story is largely the drama of a young girl running away from a forced polygamous marriage to an old man and from the FGM he insisted upon. Most of the book details the horrors of the US immigration detention system which treats asylum seekers like criminals and her lawyers fight to free her.
Started this today, I think it's going to be a chapter at a time kind of read. Straight in at the deep end with chapter one being on #FGM. One to read bit by bit and process. When the subject matter is so outside the realms of anything you personally have encountered it is worth thinking about before reading more. Alternating with some fiction, The Essex Serpent.
#feminism #feministbookclub #womensstudies #bookish #amreading #bookworm
brilliant book looking at Gikuyu ttibal politics - having just read a book on #fgm it's i teredting to read a novel that recognises its cultural weight (but i think in a equitable manner). #kenya #readingafrica #gikuyu