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Why the fuck have I only ever heard of Nelson Mandela before, these other political figures are insanely interesting - can't help but feel Nyerere sounds lowkey goated but I don't know if things will change as I progress in time through this book....

I wish I would've locked in and started reading earlier because this book is so addicting but way too large to lug on the plane...... unless......

I am ashamed (on behalf of the education system that raised me) to admit how much I am learning right now - African history really gets very minimal consideration in US classrooms beyond a very crude "that's where slaves came from"

I think this book was too ambitious because wow do I feel so many holes (and yes I know I could just look into it myself)

Why is this genuinely good

Waiting to board my flighttttt

Pre-flight reading

Made a big deal about how Spanish expeditions kept sailing right by the Bay and then didn't even explain how it was discovered..... it was just suddenly colonized in the next chapter..... bruh

Marathon reading sesh. Honestly, not as captivated by this book as the first. I don't feel the same wonder and awe

Polar bear sequence was good - I'm starting to get more invested... but I'm also almost done

This shit too easy man.

This is fine so far. It's just like the Esther book I read earlier this year. Similar tropes. Probably would like this more if I hadn't read other whaling books already

Whoops. Actually insanely fast to read and ugh why is it genuinely good

This book is so good I can barely put it down