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IriDas
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As I am a white person educated in white schools, it should come as no surprise that I‘ve never heard of Diop until this morning. Was glad to find some of his works at the library.

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Texreader
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This is #Rwanda President Paul Kagame‘s story through 2008 (he‘s still president today). A young Tutsi refugee from the violence by the Hutus even back in the 1950s, he fought in Uganda, secretly training to become a rebel soldier to try to return to Rwanda. As he built a secret army, the genocide in 1994 occurred. He was able to dismantle the Hutu government and would eventually be elected president. He assembled a Hutu/Tutsi government, and ⬇️

Texreader has managed to keep internal peace albeit sometimes with an iron fist. The astonishing history is that France helped the Hutus, providing weapons to them DURING the genocide. The United Nations and the USA had been warned emphatically about what was coming and then knew when it happened. AND DID NOTHING to stop what they called an internal tribal dispute. The author lays down the blame thickly, by name, to everyone who turned a blind eye. He ⬇️ 1mo
Texreader Identifies how many opportunities the world had, even with minor assistance, to prevent the million+ dying agonizing brutal deaths and rapes. Kagame is a hero in a sense—Rwanda in 2008 became an Asian Tiger economy-wise. But I wonder how his government has managed since. Given his stern personality and years in office, I can‘t fathom that he hasn‘t turned dictatorial. Highly recommended but it needs an update. #foodandlit (edited) 1mo
Catsandbooks 🇷🇼❤️ 1mo
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Texreader
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I‘ve started this audiobook tonight, my third book for #Rwanda #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

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Texreader
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Obviously this is a hard book to read. I‘m just not in the right head space right now to read it. So I‘m going to mark it unread rather than bailed (it doesn‘t deserve a bad rating because I‘m not up to reading it now). I need something a lot lighter. So I‘ll find another book that might work better for me now. #Rwanda #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

IriDas Understandable. 2mo
kspenmoll I get it. I am avoiding my Rowanda choice at the moment as well - maybe next week?! 2mo
ChaoticMissAdventures I feel a big shift in my reading happening. I cannot handle anything genocidal or dystopian right now. It is just too much. 2mo
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GingerAntics It does sound like a great book, but it‘s definitely requires the right head space. 2mo
dabbe That's why I've been reading a lot of detective stories lately. 💙🩵💙 2mo
Catsandbooks Absolutely understandable. Gotta take care of your mental health! 2mo
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Texreader
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I‘ve read a lot about this genocidal massacre but I didn‘t know that there were warnings ahead of time. I‘ve barely started this book and it‘s already overwhelming

And to finish the quote above, the Hutus who sympathized with the Tutsis were among the first murdered

#foodandlit #Rwanda @Catsandbooks

DGRachel I tried to read it years ago and just couldn‘t. I had to put it down. I keep thinking I want to try again, but I don‘t know if I can. 2mo
Catsandbooks 💔🇷🇼 2mo
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Texreader
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Tove_Reads I liked the book! 2mo
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Texreader
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My next ebook on my tbr forever. #foodandlit #Rwanda @Catsandbooks

GingerAntics Well, that‘s a cheery title. I feel heartbreak coming on. 2mo
Texreader @GingerAntics Yea, not sure this is a good time to read this one. 😕 2mo
GingerAntics @Texreader that is fair. I‘m trying to balance my ability to mentally and emotionally handle timely titles and more relaxed titles. There is definitely a need to approach some topics/titles carefully. 2mo
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I found this book about the six women rulers of Egypt very interesting, although at some times it felt a little tilted rather than neutral fact.
It, of course, covered the more well-known women like Nefertiti, Hatshepsut, and Cleopatra, but I really enjoyed learning about the lesser known women rulers: Merneith, Neferusobek, and Tawisret.

TheBookHippie I liked this one. 3mo
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megnews
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I can‘t believe I‘m the first to post about this book! Im not a huge nonfiction reader but I‘m a third of the way through and it‘s been fascinating stuff we don‘t learn in school. There is a BBC mini series on YouTube too. #firstlinefridays

ShyBookOwl Interesting! 4mo
Bookwomble This sounds good. Zeinab Badawi is one of those journalists/news presenters who inspire confidence in what they're reporting. 4mo
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breadnroses
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(1/2) Oops. Just completely forgot to post about the last two books I read lol. Been completely swept up in the new school year!

My last read of the summer. I figured it was short enough to squeeze in before school started & would be nice to knock out before I started the September seminar on CLR James that I‘m taking with the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research! 🙂

bibliothecarivs What did you think? I haven't read it. 9mo
breadnroses @bibliothecarivs Anything by James is worth a read. The introduction by Robin DG Kelley is essential! 9mo
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