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A Girl Is a Body of Water | Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi
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I call Makumbi a griot because of her dexterity with history and tradition in her novels. She tells heavy truth with the care and cunning that characterizes a generation‘s way of pushing back and centering what truly should be centered. This novel is beautiful with its depiction of sisterhood & solidarity in a time where all we are officially taught to respect are ‘modern‘ waves. It teaches of a history and people with such effortless grace

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Susanita
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1. Scrabble
2. Tagged!
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TheSpineView Another Scrabble lover! Awesome! Thanks for playing ❤️ 4mo
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TrishB
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Things never get any better for displaced refugees do they? This is a very sad and melancholy read, all the injustices that history put on the generations of the family in this. Leaves me with a heavy heart and will the world ever be at peace thoughts.
An excellent read though.

BarbaraBB Great review. 4mo
squirrelbrain Great review - not one I‘ve read yet, but it‘s been on my radar for a while. 4mo
TrishB @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain a really good read. 4mo
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Kazzie
Polar Vortex | Shani Mootoo
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Wow. This book is tense and sad and really floored me. I was breathless with high heart rate at times. Everyone is unreliable and self serving and it‘s difficult to know what real. But there is very visceral emotion throughout. And foreboding dread

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Lunakay
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This story captured me from the very beginning, moved me to tears several times and left me with lots to think about. The characters are vivid and following them through their whole life spans was quite the experience.

There were rumours it might be nominated for the Booker, which it wasn't. I read 2 of the actual nominations and none of them come close 🤔

Highly recommended, 4,5 🌟

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charl08
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Wonderful novel exploring a family's history across three continents. Over 300 pages but I would have happily kept reading (something I don't often say!)

Wondering if it will get a #Booker23 nod.🤞

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Wherever Mayuri turned she saw someone she knew, every inhale heavy with perfume and incense. The circles of revellers danced around the clay lantern burning at the centre of the room, a flurry of pinks and greens and sequins, dark hair and brown limbs. Though everyone danced on Navratri, it was the women who had always drawn Mayuri's eye, alive and radiant as on no other night...

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Tove_Reads
Uganda | Andrew Roberts, Philip Briggs
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Ooooh, the trip I‘ve been dreaming about my whole life! In 3 months 😍😍😍😍 🦍 🦓🐆🦛🦏🦒🦩🐘🐒🦁 Time to start reading!

JenReadsAlot Awesome! 9mo
Ruthiella Wow! Sounds like you have an amazing trip planned. 9mo
Tove_Reads @Ruthiella Freaking awesome! I just got my gorilla permit 🥳🥳🥳 9mo
Bookwormjillk Nice! 9mo
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Tea_and_Starstuff
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A fascinating look at Kenya through one man's memoir. Language was a beautiful recurring theme in this - English is the official language of Kenya, but also the language of the outside world. Kiswahili is the proud language of the independent nation - but a nation painted over individual tribes. The individual tribal languages draw and divide people in different ways - across country lines into neighboring nations. (continue...)

Tea_and_Starstuff Also! I learned the author is a gay man who was closeted as he wrote this, and I'm glad I knew it before reading. It's so interesting how he talks about growing up while talking around the issue of attraction, and who he desires. He wrote an article, available free online, called, “I am a homosexual, mum“ that serves as a beautiful, heartbreaking epilogue talking about his identity as a gay man. (continue...) (edited) 9mo
Tea_and_Starstuff This story wasn't an easy read - the rhythm of language was different from what I was used to. But it was a rewarding one - I learned a lot about a place I knew almost nothing about. I'm looking forward to reading books by Ugandan and Rwandan authors - the region is so bound together and this book made me think about how national lines were imposed on Africa from the outside. I'm glad I spent the time with the book. 9mo
BookmarkTavern Oh this is a gorgeous cover. ❤️ 9mo
Tea_and_Starstuff @ozma.of.oz - yes! It's such a good art piece. 9mo
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