Great African Reads discussion

After the bingo of 2024 did not work out well, I am enthusiastic and looking forward to this challenge in 2025.

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Sq1: A Short Story

Sq2: By a Nigerian Author

Sq3: From a recommendation list

Sq4: From Eastern Africa

Sq5: Free Choice

Sq6: Non-fiction

Sq7: Poetry or Genre Fiction

Sq8: Female prize winner

Sq9: Not Written in English

Welcome aboard :)

Title(s) I would like to read:

Binyavanga Wainaina: One Day I Will Write About This Place: A Memoir
(AB)

Harriet Anena: A Nation in Labour A Poetry Collection

I finished Harriet Anena's poetry collection A Nation in Labour A Poetry Collection.
It fits Sq 5 and Sq7 and maybe also Sq 3?
The collection comprises 4 parts (Skeletons of Laughter, We are on Heat, We'll Plant Bullets and I Bow for my Boobs).
For me, it was a four-star-read.
What I liked most about the poems is that a lot of them were very much to the point and many of them are social or political but at the same time on a very personal level which contributes to the strong individuality of this collection.

Orgeluse wrote: "I finished Harriet Anena's poetry collection A Nation in Labour A Poetry Collection.
It fits Sq 5 and Sq7 and maybe also Sq 3?
The collection comprises 4 parts (S..."

This looks interesting, I need to see if I can get a copy.