Nanjala Nyabola Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
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Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature
Ngugi Wa Thiong'oNanjala Nyabola@Lydiader You're welcome! Ngugi wa Thiong'o's "Decolonising the Mind" is a great resource for this idea
Paperback, 2011
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Strange and Difficult Times: Notes on a Global Pandemic
Nanjala NyabolaNanjala NyabolaI always loved the paintings detailed on the covers of Penguin classics so I'm incredibly proud that my next book will once again feature the amazing art of Sudanese painter @galalgoly. "Strange and Difficult Times: Notes on a Global Pandemic", December from @HurstPublishers. https://t.co/VzG6ZnnKPb
Paperback, 2023
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism
Harsha WaliaNanjala 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
$19.95$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
$19.00$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
$16.99$8.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Those Bones Are Not My Child
Toni Cade BambaraNanjala NyabolaYou know what happens when a literary genius with an unimpeachable eye for character, plot and narrative sets out to write an epochal political novel? Toni Cade Bambara writes "Those Bones Are Not My Child". Brava! 10 out of 10. No notes.
Paperback, 2000
$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first 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
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition
Thenmozhi SoundararajanNanjala NyabolaForgot the Alt text. Image of a book cover: "The Trauma of Caste:A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing and Abolition" by Thenmozhi Soundarajan
Paperback, 2022
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire
David AndersonNanjala NyabolaSome great books to read about the end of empire in Kenya (1950 - 1963) Muthoni Likimani, Passbook Number F. 47927: Women and Mau Mau in Kenya. Caroline Elkins, Britain's Gulag Histories of the Hanged: The Dirty War in Kenya and the End of Empire
Paperback, 2012
$27.95$13.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Children of the New World: A Novel of the Algerian War
Assia DjebarNanjala NyabolaI can't remember who it was on here who recommended "Children of the New World" by Assia Djebar but it was magnificent. Thank you for the recommendation.
Paperback, 2005
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book