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I‘m having some really good luck 🍀 Lots of my current reads also discuss African countries!!! This book mentions #Gabon / it might only be three paragraphs but who‘s counting?!?!! #ReadingAfrica22 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Iboga is a plant found in #Gabon that produces hallucinogenic effects along the lines of peyote and which has been used for a long time in spiritual traditions. There is interest in it for its potential to aid with addiction to various drugs. This book is interesting in its content, however, it suffers strongly from confirmation bias, so be aware of that failing.

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14th book for #ReadingAfrica2022 #Gabon 🇬🇦
Don't read the introduction until after the novel, but do read the introduction as it has useful information.
Mintsa's exploration of traditional patriarchal values took a somewhat different approach to the others I've read for this challenge, as the MC's partner was a good man who did not abuse or betray her, though their relationship was troubled by past attachments and social judgements. 👇

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If there's a theme running through the various books I've read by African women as part of this challenge, it's the tension between the traditional cultural placement of women and the contemporary move towards female emancipation, whilst retaining an African consciousness rather than adopting a European/Western perspective, and this book appears to conform to that theme, with which I have no problem.

This one isn‘t working for me for a number of reasons. I found another option for #Gabon, so bailing is the best choice for me.

A YA novel set in the #Gabon jungle about a boy coming of age all alone with a bunch of chimpanzees is not generally a book I‘d choose. And I wasn‘t really interested but I admit the ending was touching and sweet.

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(Pic: Exhibition in a church, audiobook instead of audio your 🤣)

Not a book to read at the start of a pandemic, but a few years down the line is OK 😂.

Turns out coronavirus has been around since at least 2006 but it's managed to be contained, only becoming a pandemic when it escaped Asia.

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Here‘s my status for #readingafrica2022 since I‘ve just finished #Gabon with the tagged book (read it!). I currently have books for Namibia and Somalia under way (hence the stripes). @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Orphan Luc is working for an unscrupulous “orphanage” owner when a professor comes to town with a tempting silver briefcase. When Luc tries to steal it, Prof offers to pay off Luc‘s debts to the orphanage and hire him rather than prosecute. Thus begins Luc‘s journey into the jungles of #Gabon to study chimpanzees with Prof. First terribly afraid of the “mock men” & the dark, Luc eventually comes to love the apes in the scary jungle. This YA ⬇️

I just finished listening to this audiobook from my hotel room down near the Gulf Coast where the wind is blowing so hard the flagpole is just swaying. Another work trip…

This was an awesome book. Even better than book 1 in the series. If you are needing a book for #Gabon for #readingafrica2022, look no further. I‘ll be thinking on how to write my review but definitely a 5-star book!