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Africa is a continent with diverse flora and fauna depending where you are so the ubiquitous savannah setting with one acacia tree is lazy type-casting at best, highly insulting at worst. So let's shame these publishers.
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message 1: by Bettie (new)

Bettie Thanks Whispers
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message 3: by Bettie (new)

Bettie Aubrey wrote: "See also: http://qz.com/207527/the-reason-every..."

That's great Aubrey - it seems lots of people have taken umbrage and posted and that can only be good news


message 4: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited May 17, 2014 10:32AM) (new)

Susanna - Censored by GoodReads I am really struck by what a variety of books can get this acacia-tree meme stuck on their covers. Non-fiction - travel, history, or memoir. Series mystery. Classics. Modern literary fiction. African authors, and "western" authors. Books set from Angola to Kenya to South Africa, and everywhere in between.

The least likely for the treatment: books set in North Africa/Egypt, which have their own lazy visual exotic cues.


message 5: by MJ (new)

MJ Nicholls Haha. Brilliant list.


message 6: by Bjorn (new)

Bjorn Great list. Kind of a pity to see so many good books on it, but I guess they can take it up with their publisher...

Is there a list for South Asian books as well?


message 7: by Luke (new)

Luke Bjorn wrote: "Great list. Kind of a pity to see so many good books on it, but I guess they can take it up with their publisher...

Is there a list for South Asian books as well?"


Not yet. I wish that site had given a list of examples, but they described the characteristics of a typical SA women authored cover well enough for matching's sake.


message 8: by Tony (new)

Tony Vacation I'm more of a bonzai tree man myself.


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