Comments on: AFRICA – Reading the World http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/ reading a good book with a furchild by my side Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:51:41 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Caribousmom http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1355 Caribousmom Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:55:46 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/#comment-1355 Sam: You're welcome :) I will look forward to seeing your lists and reviews! Sam: You’re welcome :) I will look forward to seeing your lists and reviews!

]]> By: Sam Houston http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1352 Sam Houston Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:37:14 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/#comment-1352 Wendy, thanks for the link to this challenge. I'm going to dip in and out of your lists in my attempt to do more international reading. I'm particularly intrigued by the book from Algeria because I spent most of 1993-2002 living and working in that country. I would love to read some contemporary fiction from there if any has been translated. Those were some very ugly years for that country. Wendy, thanks for the link to this challenge. I’m going to dip in and out of your lists in my attempt to do more international reading. I’m particularly intrigued by the book from Algeria because I spent most of 1993-2002 living and working in that country. I would love to read some contemporary fiction from there if any has been translated. Those were some very ugly years for that country.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1021 Anonymous Sun, 12 Aug 2007 15:45:58 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/#comment-1021 Thanks for these GREAT recommendations, Kelly!! I'm adding them to my list :) Thanks for these GREAT recommendations, Kelly!! I’m adding them to my list :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1020 Anonymous Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:00:43 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/#comment-1020 Wendy, this is a fantastic challenge! I'm impressed! There are some great French-African novels out there. I particularly like Mariama Ba's So Long a Letter, which I see you already have on the list. Assia Djebar has another good one, Women of Algiers in Their Apartment. Here are a few more that I know are available in English and on Amazon (the first two are among my favorites): The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy, by Camara Laye (Guinea) The Ambiguous Adventure, by Cheikh Hamidou Kane (Senegal) The Suns of Independence, bu Ahmadou Kourouma (Ivory Coast) The Sand Child, by Tahar Ben Jelloun (Morocco) Wendy, this is a fantastic challenge! I’m impressed! There are some great French-African novels out there. I particularly like Mariama Ba’s So Long a Letter, which I see you already have on the list. Assia Djebar has another good one, Women of Algiers in Their Apartment. Here are a few more that I know are available in English and on Amazon (the first two are among my favorites):
The Dark Child: The Autobiography of an African Boy, by Camara Laye (Guinea)
The Ambiguous Adventure, by Cheikh Hamidou Kane (Senegal)
The Suns of Independence, bu Ahmadou Kourouma (Ivory Coast)
The Sand Child, by Tahar Ben Jelloun (Morocco)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1019 Anonymous Thu, 02 Aug 2007 14:48:20 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/#comment-1019 Sherry, Forgive my delay in responding to you! I've been a bit slammed at work these days and finding it hard to keep up :) <strong>Thank you</strong> for the recommendations for Africa reads - I'm planning to update my list here with all the wonderful suggestions I've been getting! Sherry, Forgive my delay in responding to you! I’ve been a bit slammed at work these days and finding it hard to keep up :)
Thank you for the recommendations for Africa reads – I’m planning to update my list here with all the wonderful suggestions I’ve been getting!

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1018 Anonymous Tue, 31 Jul 2007 18:00:51 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/#comment-1018 I've been making a list like yours for Africa. What a delightful find! I have the following suggestions for you: Kenya---The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton. Mali---Men of Salt: Crossing the Sahara on the Caravan of White Gold by Michael Benanav. South Africa---Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. (I know you've already read a couple of South African books, this one is a favorite.) Botswana---No. 1 Ladies' Detectove Agency I’ve been making a list like yours for Africa. What a delightful find! I have the following suggestions for you:
Kenya—The Camel Bookmobile by Masha Hamilton.
Mali—Men of Salt: Crossing the Sahara on the Caravan of White Gold by Michael Benanav.
South Africa—Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton. (I know you’ve already read a couple of South African books, this one is a favorite.)
Botswana—No. 1 Ladies’ Detectove Agency

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1017 Anonymous Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:53:19 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/#comment-1017 I have sort of combined a couple of different challenges and made up my own. If you go to <a HREF="http://www.caribousmom.com/blog/ReadingTheWorldAPersonalChallenge/_archives/2007/7/26/3121589.html" rel="nofollow">this link</A> you can read my introduction post for this. I have created a post for each 'region' and listed books there. Here is <a HREF="http://www.caribousmom.com/blog/ReadingTheWorldAPersonalChallenge" rel="nofollow">the link</A> for all those posts. I have sort of combined a couple of different challenges and made up my own. If you go to this link you can read my introduction post for this. I have created a post for each ‘region’ and listed books there. Here is the link for all those posts.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 Anonymous Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:54:34 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/#comment-1016 Wow, what an amazing project. Is this something you're doing on your own, or as part of a challenge, or ...? Wow, what an amazing project. Is this something you’re doing on your own, or as part of a challenge, or …?

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1015 Anonymous Sat, 28 Jul 2007 03:57:24 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/#comment-1015 Imani, Thanks for that GREAT link! Can't wait to peruse it :) Imani, Thanks for that GREAT link! Can’t wait to peruse it :)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-1014 Anonymous Sat, 28 Jul 2007 01:05:43 +0000 http://www.caribousmom.com/2007/07/26/africa-reading-the-world/#comment-1014 Wow, what an ambitious project! Don't forget the small but impressive Caribbean region in the process of plotting your map. :D <a href="http://core.ecu.edu/engl/deenas/caribbean/carbwtrs.htm" rel="nofollow">Caribbean Writers</a> Wow, what an ambitious project! Don’t forget the small but impressive Caribbean region in the process of plotting your map. :D Caribbean Writers

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