Africa

[close] This group is for all Mugusa members to express their thoughts on books published by African authors or about African topics. If there is enough interest, we may also set up reading challenges or read books together.

[close] For any book lovers in the group, I am about to start the reading across Africa challenge that I saw on Tiktok is doing and I thought I would share here. You can view my video reviews @holymotherofmonkeys on TikTok as well as other people who are doing the challenge including the person who started it @books.with.lee. The social media hashtag is #readingacrossafrica if you'd like to use it Challenge details: Time Frame: 1 year (It's supposed to end in December, but it's gonna end when I'm done. lol) 1 book per independent Country in Africa Book Selection must either be written by an author from that country, written by an author who has lived in that county, or the book has a setting that is in that Country. The book can be any Genre Feel free to suggest books to add to the bookshelf.

[close] Welcome to the Goodreads group for Diaspora.Connected! “Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.” ― Chinua Achebe We've created a pan african reading challenge ( #ReadPanAfrica) to fan the flames for excitement and curiosity about the black experience expressed in literature across the African Diaspora - this includes authors from Sub-Saharan Africa (East, South, and West), the Caribbean, North and South America, Europe and refugees/migrants outside the continent.

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