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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

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Black Skin, White Masks | Frantz Fanon

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I have seen Fanon referenced in several recent books I‘ve read, so I was happy to see this pop up at my library. He covers a lot of ground here, but the focus is on how white supremacy and colonialism shapes internalized racism. I absolutely see his influence on discussions of race we are having now, and this published in 1952.

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White: Essays on Race and Culture | Richard Dyer

#DecemberDreams

A Malcolm Gladwell #WhiteStack already set up and ready to go 😁

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marleed Oh I own that stack as well. I learn so much from Malcolm! 13mo

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TheBookgeekFrau @marleed Me too! I finally read Bomber Mafia and never in a million years did I think I would be enthralled by the history of precision bombing. And yet there I was turning the pages like they were the air I needed to breathe 13mo

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A Small Place | Jamaica Kincaid

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This author is very angry, and I felt chastised! First among various reasons for being a tourist! It should be required reading for anyone vacationing in the Caribbean, where the tourists have plenty and the locals do not. Take for instance, water. Tourists can swim in it, and then bathe in it, and drink as much as they like. But many islands have no water source so the locals have to conserve every last drop. From there, the author delves ⬇️

Texreader into how the residents of #Antigua came to live there—slave ships, and the dire faults in the English empire. It‘s a tongue-lashing for sure. #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB 13mo

Teresereading Yes it was an intense read. I will be on a cruise ship next year, and felt guilty already. But also very interesting read. 13mo

TheBookHippie I‘ve always felt this way about Hawaii and we were there visiting military … 13mo

Librarybelle This was a very insightful read for me. So glad I read it! 13mo

Texreader @Teresereading @thebookhippie It made me think about the places I‘ve visited. When I was in Venice this summer we talked a lot to a waitress at a restaurant we went to a few times. The folks who work in Venice cannot afford to live in Venice, so they have a long commute to come to town and serve us. Far different than the experience in the book but I try to be considerate and thankful to the locals wherever we go 13mo

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A Small Place | Jamaica Kincaid

My next audiobook for #Antigua #readingtheAmericas @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Librarybelle I liked this one! 13mo

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A Small Place | Jamaica Kincaid

If you go to Antigua as a tourist,this is what you will see.

#firstlinefridays
@ShyBookOwl

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Black Skin, White Masks | Frantz Fanon

Happy to have finally read Fanon! Reading this was a bit like looking through blinds; so much is obscured, but rays of dazzling light shoot through. By that I mean it‘s an obviously brilliant work, but a lot of the psychoanalysis and phenomenology went over my head. I‘d definitely like to re-read it more closely in the future.

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