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7007081 No.7007081 [Reply] [Original]

Is there a better African book than this one right here?

>> No.7007209

Start with the Yorubas

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>>7007081

A sell-out and a hypocrite. Ghost written by some AIDs victim he allowed to die off, no doubt.

>> No.7007219

>>7007209
are yorubans the only worthwhile african race? they're pretty based

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7007302

probably. maybe pic related

>> No.7007309

His grandson rapes some girl, Nwange.

>> No.7007323

>>7007081
Try Something of Value or Power of One. Violent Mau Mau insurrections in colonial Kenya in the 1950's or a South African welterweight champ's recollection of his past and getting into boxing, from 1930-1950.

Both eye opening to African culture riveting reads and not whatever's on the top 100 books of all time list.

>> No.7007337

Count of Monte Cristo is really good

>> No.7007349

>>7007337
>> African Book
>> Alexandre Dumas

>> No.7007354

>>7007081
I remember trying to start a thread on African literature a few months back. Things got pretty messy, pretty quickly.

>>7007302
Zakes Mda's "Heart of Redness" arguably serves a similar function for 21C Africa, exploring tensions between tradition and - now - (post)modernity.

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>>7007354

>I remember trying to start a thread on African literature a few months back. Things got pretty messy, pretty quickly

Are you suggesting Africans are incapable of ruling themselves? You monster!

>> No.7007376

There's no good African literature.

>> No.7007379

Its a very good book. The bit where he describes circumcision is vivid. He comes across as far more steely that this grandfatherly 'Morgan Freemen' you get in through pop culture

>> No.7007385

Is Thiong'o any good? He seems to be the leading candidate for the Nobel this year. Anyone know which book is his most accessible?

>> No.7007388

>>7007371
LOL, but no. I think that every time someone types "Africa" on 4chan an alarm goes off in the /pol/ compound in the wilds of Montana.

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7007392

Fuck Africa & Fuck the world

>> No.7007393

>>7007376
Nonsense. Camus and St. Augustine both wrote in Africa. 'Actual' African writing is probably all garbage tbh.
>>7007385
>He seems to be the leading candidate for the Nobel this year
This means nothing and has meant nothing for decades. Nobels are determined by who wins the spin of the diversity wheel.

>> No.7007398

>>7007393
That's what I meant, 'African' African not 'living in Africa' African.

>> No.7007412

>>7007385
The River Between.

>> No.7007549

>>7007349

>your head
>OP's joke that Dumas was 1/4 black

Good one m8.