Welcome to Litsy!

Short book of essays focusing on Dangarembga‘s life experiences, race, and feminism in Zimbabwe and a little in England. I know little to nothing about Zimbabwe, so this was an interesting and enlightening first look.

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3/5
Very well-written autobiography about her childhood spent in Africa (Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi). Her sensory descriptions are excellent. However, despite of all that, I wasn't taken by it. I wasn't interested... I guess I would have preferred more in-depth introspection.

The 2nd book about Tambu and it‘s her 2nd year at Young Ladies‘s College of the Sacred Heart. We follow her through school and a few years after, with a civil war in the background and later The New Zimbabwe. Is the new Zimbabwe any different than the old one when it comes to Tambu‘s opportunities?

A book about colonialism, about how it‘s easier being a European to succeed and women‘s opportunities

I‘m ready for the 3rd book about Tambu

1968 on the countryside in Zimbabwe, and Tambu grows up on her family‘s farm where women are responsible for the garden, the food and the kids. This year her brother dies, and suddenly a new opportunity opens up for her - attending the missionary school

A book about race, class, the different expectations between the sexes, hierarchy inside a family and friendship.

I loved this so much that I‘m already on the hold list for the next book

I found this book as I was searching my library‘s page for this author‘s latest book, Impossible Creatures. I fell in love with the cover and knew nothing of what it was about.

Very different from Impossible Creatures. We follow Wilhelmina, Will, as she lives with her dad in a farm in Africa. A perfect life in her eyes. After her father‘s death, thing changes on the farm and she‘s sent to boarding school in England.

Up next: using this for Africa in my Memoir Around The World Challenge. It‘s also my November #bookspin pick!

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About to start reading the tagged for book club next week. Still in a bit of a slump 🤷🏼😳 At least the dogs are having a blast 😊

It‘s still Tuesday here (barely)!😂 Better late than never. Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView . 😊

1. The tagged book was probably my favorite book read this month.

2. I love a good “coming of age” novel and I particularly appreciated the female perspective from a country and culture not my own.

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