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I hope you all are doing well and enjoying summertime. I have compiled a list of books below that might make great summer reads. All these books evoke a great sense of place they are set in, from warm Algeria, Tunisia to the mountainous Alps, unknown dystopian land, sunny hills […]
I have prepared a list of 20 books exploring themes of immigration, belonging and identity related to social class, ethnicity, and nationality. Often the theme of immigration intersects with the theme of belonging and identity. Therefore, I have decided to include all these themes in one list. As usual I […]
Michel the Giant by the Togolese writer and adventurer, Tete-Michel Kpomassie is an extraordinary book about a long journey that Michel took from his home in Togo via Europe to reach Greenland, the land of eternal ice he had become fascinated with as a child and dreamt of visiting. In 1950s when he […]