Nanjala Nyabola Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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White Borders: The History of Race and Immigration in the United States from Chinese Exclusion to the Border Wall
Reece JonesNanjala NyabolaAnyway, I wrote a little about racism and borders borders "Traveling While Black" but you should read deeper takes by Reece Jones ("Violent Borders" and "White Borders") Harsha Walia ("Border and Rule"), and Leah Cowan ("Border Nation").
Paperback, 2022
$17.95Member price:$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Dust
Yvonne Adhiambo OwuorNanjala Nyabola"Kenya has three official languages; English, Kiswahili and silence" Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor in her masterpiece "Dust".
Paperback, 2014
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Wretched of the Earth
Frantz FanonNanjala NyabolaTwitter broke my thread. I don't have the heart to type it all again - it was very good. But in its place read this article about borderwork, and Frantz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth", particularly the essay 'Towards An African Revolution". https://t.co/aP2NhALYCi
Paperback, 2021
$18.00Member price:$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Violent Borders: Refugees and the Right to Move
Reece JonesNanjala NyabolaAnyway, I wrote a little about racism and borders borders "Traveling While Black" but you should read deeper takes by Reece Jones ("Violent Borders" and "White Borders") Harsha Walia ("Border and Rule"), and Leah Cowan ("Border Nation").
Paperback, 2017
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Map to the Door of No Return: Notes to Belonging
Dionne BrandNanjala NyabolaDionne Brand's "Map to The Door of No Return" gets a shout. It's such a fantastic book. Highly recommend. #ASAA2022 https://t.co/PSe5EKa7Vj
Paperback, 2024
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Always Another Country
Sisonke MsimangNanjala Nyabola(Forgot to add the ID - a selection of books in a bookshop including both of Nanjala's books, Sisonke Msimang's "Always Another Country" , Ngugi wa Thiong'o's "Decolonising the Mind" and more).
Paperback, 2018
$16.99Member price:$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Travelling While Black: Essays Inspired by a Life on the Move
Nanjala NyabolaNanjala NyabolaAnyway, I wrote a little about racism and borders borders "Traveling While Black" but you should read deeper takes by Reece Jones ("Violent Borders" and "White Borders") Harsha Walia ("Border and Rule"), and Leah Cowan ("Border Nation").
Paperback, 2021
$19.95Member price:$19.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida
Shehan KarunatilakaNanjala NyabolaI cannot recommend "The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida" enough to you. What a novel! I love ambitious books, and moreso when the author achieves their ambitions. When do all that and they make it look easy because the prose just flows? Si, por favor. https://t.co/RrA4QRoO3u
Paperback, 2022
$18.95Member price:$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
We Do This 'Til We Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice
Mariame KabaNanjala NyabolaIf you're reading "The End of Policing" also read "Are Prisons Obsolete?" by Angela Davis, and "We Do This 'Til We Free Us" by Mariame Kaba.
Paperback, 2021
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
A Suitable Boy
Vikram SethNanjala Nyabola1. A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth or 2. Independent People by Halldor Laxness https://t.co/O1U8i6X0ji
Paperback, 2005
$26.99Member price:$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book