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Reading Africa: These five books from the continent will move you In the spirit of Africa Day which is celebrated today, why not pick up a book from a fellow African country? Here is a brief review of the ones that stand out for both plot and setting. 1. Author: Bessie Head First published: 1969 When Rain Clouds Gather stars Makhaya and the lively Botswanan community around him. It echoes some of Head’s own experiences in the country, where she lived for more than twenty years after immigrating from South Africa. The novel follows Makhaya as he builds a new life for himself in a small Botsw...

TORONTO, May 19, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- WHAT:Maaza Mengiste, award-winning author of The Shadow King, will deliver the 8th Annual Pluralism Lecture via livestream on May 19, 2021, about approaching difficult

Maaza Mengiste Maaza Mengiste, a critically acclaimed novelist and essayist, examines the individual lives at stake during migration, war, and exile. She was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and lived in Nigeria and Kenya before moving to the United States. Mengiste’s debut novel, Beneath the Lion’s Gaze (2010), was named one of The Guardian’s 10 Best Contemporary African Books. Her latest novel, The Shadow King (2019), was called “one of the most beautiful novels of the year” by National Public Radio and was a 2020 Booker Prize finalist. Winner of the 2020 Literature Award from the ...

May 1, 2021 By Allison Kooser This month, our Book Club is also traveling to Colombia through fiction, diving into a popular new novel about the very first country in which Opportunity International gave loans to clients 50 years ago!   Experience the Andes mountains, the city of Bogotá, and the daily lives of one family navigating hopes, dreams, and borders.   How does one family straddle Colombian and American soil? Engel, a dual citizen and the daughter of Colombian immigrants, explores this question through the story of one family. Its five members each get a voice and their stor...