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Gifts | Nuruddin Farah

This got shipped today! #jolabokaflodswap @MaleficentBookDragon 😊

Also I have received a package from @Amandajoy that has no hashtag, but I‘m assuming might be for #bestof2021? @candority or might be #wintersolsticeswap @Chrissyreadit @sprainedbrain 🤷‍♀️🎄🎁🛍

Amandajoy It‘s for #jolabokaflodswap. I forgot to put the hashtag on it before my husband took it to the post office for me. 2y

Soubhiville @Amandajoy yay! Thank you! 2y

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RinaBrahmbhattBarot

Gifts | Nuruddin Farah

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I‘m so grateful to @Wife for sending me a beautiful #litsylovespringswap. Everything is beautiful and exactly what I need :) @Bookgoil Thank you for organising it 🙏🏼

Wife I‘m happy you like my choices. Here‘s to a new season!🌹 3y

BethM Such a great package! 3y

Bookgoil Wow such an awesome themed package I love it!! 3y

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Astroneman

Un giorno scriver� di questo posto | Binyavanga Wainaina

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I don't have a good feeling with African writers. I can't adapt to their rhythms too slow for me. I struggled a lot to finish it.

#book #litsy #litsybook #goodreads #bookly #toread #bookworm #leggere #lettura #readingchallenge2020 #binyavangawainaina #africanwriters

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TrishB

Gifts | Nuruddin Farah

It‘s here Jessie 😁 I shall put away for my birthday!!

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AmyG 💕 5y

erzascarletbookgasm Yay! 💃 5y

Cathythoughts Birthday fun is beginning 🥳. I better get my parcel ready .... 😊 5y

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TrishB @Cathythoughts awww 😘 5y

MicheleinPhilly I sent you something from Waterstone‘s but I am not at all confident that they will properly identify who it is from or why. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 5y

TrishB @MicheleinPhilly a surprise Waterstones package 😁 thank you so much 😘 5y

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AsYouWish

Gifts | Nuruddin Farah

Here are my Top 5 Bookish Goodies to Buy for Others, requested by @Clwojick

#Top5

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Tamra

Maru | Bessie Head

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I thought this 128 pg novella was going to be a quick read. WRONG It took days as there is a lot to unpack in the story and the writing style is not one to blow thru. The themes include racism, tribalism, freedom, patriarchy, identity, isolation, love, friendship, ........ I was dismayed at the tragic short life of the author and I‘ll be rereading this and exploring her other work. Yowza, amazing book.

rockpools I'm so glad you loved it! I haven't read anything else by her yet, but I will. A Question of Power sounds really tough, but @abookbumble assures me it was worth it, and @andrew61 recommended

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Tamra @RachelO I plan to! 6y

CouronneDhiver Ooo! Stacked. Sounds like my kind of book. 6y

Tamra @CouronneDhiver I hope you like it too! I‘ll be thinking about it for awhile. 6y

CouronneDhiver I have a major soft spot for all things South African. I‘ll let you know. @Tamra 6y

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Tamra

Maru | Bessie Head

Yes, I did indeed learn a new vocabulary word today. 🤓

readordierachel That's a new one! 6y

Tamra @ReadOrDieRachel yes, and my brain said, “whoa, what is this?” The context was he left the house “forgetting to titivate himself.” 🤷🏾‍♀️ 6y

LeahBergen I like it! I‘m partial to the synonym, “gussy up”. 😆 6y

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readordierachel @Tamra That would certainly have given me pause 😂😂 6y

Tamra @LeahBergen 💄👢👗 😂 There isn‘t a cowboy hat emoticon! 6y

Tamra @ReadOrDieRachel totally! 6y

stargazerblue49 That is a great word! 6y

ReadingsByTheC Never heard this word before, but I love it! 6y

ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled Cool! New to me too! 6y

readinginthedark I feel as though it might sound like “titillate” if you say it too quickly, though—it‘s a risk! 😆 6y

Tamra @readinginthedark yesssssss! 😂 (edited) 6y

CoverToCoverGirl Thanks for expanding my vocabulary! 😎 6y

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Cindyelizavaz

The Thing Around Your Neck | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#nowreading The Thing Around Your Neck by #Chimamanda. #africanwriters #africanlit #favouriteauthor

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rockpools

Maru | Bessie Head

If I'd made a best of 2017 list, this would have been there.

Maru is the chief of a Botswanan village, who knows how to #playlikegod, controlling the lives of everyone around him, ensuring no-one gets their own way. Despite the title, it's not his story. This is the story of two strong women - Margaret, a young Masarwa who comes to the village to teach, & Dikelede, Maru's sister, who befriends her.

And it's SO good!

#NuYear @Cinfhen @TrishB

Cinfhen Out of the box, awesome choice! Sounds intriguing💟 6y

TrishB Wow 👍🏻 amazing pick. So many books.... 6y

Tamra Definitely going to pick up! 6y

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rockpools @Tamra It's obviously a Botswana kind of a day! Not clear from my ramblings above, but it's not recent - I think it's a 1960s publication- but her writing was just 👌. 6y

rockpools @Cinfhen @trishb Thank you! 🤗 6y

Tamra @RachelO that‘s all that matters! 6y

Tamra Oh my, this was GREAT! I didn‘t know anything about Bessie‘s life before I read this - how tragic! Imagine what she could have done on to write and no wonder she explores the themes she does in this novella! Have you read anything else by her? I intend to. 6y

rockpools 👍Hopping onto your thread! 6y

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Damaris

Homegoing: A novel | Yaa Gyasi

This book...it made me love,it made me hate,and it made me feel everything in between.Beautifully written, #homegoing follows the descendants of 2 sisters who never met but whose stories & legacy works their way from 18th Century Gold Coast to present day US & Ghana.Along the way it examines the role that Africans played in slave trade, the painful histrory of segregation, the power of love and the gravity of history and heritage. #africanwriters

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