Great African Reads discussion

1. New-to-you country: An African in Greenland (Planned)
2. Fantasy/Sci-fi: The Famished Road(Planned)
3. Poetry/Play: A Play of Giants (Planned)
4. Short Story collection: The Collector of Treasures and Other Botswana Village Tales (Planned)
5. Original in Arab: Palace of Desire*****
6. Published in the 1960s: Arrow of God (Planned)
7. Published in the 1980s: Devil on the Cross (Planned)
8. Published in the 2020s: The Death of Comrade President (Planned)
9. Debut novel: The Boy Next Door (Planned)
10. Historical fiction : Half of a Yellow Sun*****
11. African Arguments 2021 list: The Promise
12. Non-fiction book by an African author: Thabo Mbeki and the Battle for the Soul of the ANC (planned)

Q1 Update: Read 60, 12 set in Africa, 10 African authors. In the Bingo challenge however I have only read one thus far, and what a good one it is: Half of a Yellow Sun is definitely a five-star read.

Q1 Update: Read 111, 26 set in Africa, 19 African authors. In the Bingo challenge I have only read two thus far, both 5-star reads

It's with great sadness that I am taking farewell of Wayne who will not be completing this challenge. He passed away recently and I will miss our buddy reads and his lovely sense of humour.

This eulogy is a lovely tribute to him: https://www.mosselbayadvertiser.com/N...