𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: "𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗪𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗿𝗲" 𝗯𝘆 𝗜𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗼 𝗠𝗯𝘂𝗲 -

Mbue's grand narrative of colonialism and oil's slow-catastrophe in Africa reconfigures readers as its small village characters try every strategy to survive. Compelling reading.

https://youtu.be/06fL1PHdX7g

#bookreviews #literature #books #bookworm #read #readreadread #imbolombue #howbeautifulwewere #africa #oil #colonialism #resistance #africanliterature #cameroon #environmentalism #climatechange #pollution

𝟯 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄: “𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗪𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗿𝗲” 𝗯𝘆 𝗜𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗼 𝗠𝗯𝘂𝗲 -

Poignant, political, innocent and worldly at turns, Mbue's tale is Achebe for the 21st century, a dark and compelling tale of capitalism and resistance.

#bookreviews #books #bookworm #readreadread #3words #imbolombue #fiction #howbeautifulwewere #africanliterature #capitalism #environment #resistance #frantzfanon #neoliberalism

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜'𝗺 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: "𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗪𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗿𝗲" 𝗯𝘆 𝗜𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗼 𝗠𝗯𝘂𝗲 -

A village recklessly kidnaps the white liaisons for a company that has polluted their lands and killed their children. An act of desperation or something else? Already a gripping read!

#imbolombue #howbeautifulwewere #africa #cameroon #africanliterature #cameroonliterature #justice #resistance #tbr

𝐓𝐁𝐑 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐞: 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 -

A few of the books I'm most looking forward to this month!

#books #literature #bookreviews #bookworm #tbrpile #tbrlist #hankang #thevegetarian #ntozakeshange #forcoloredgirls #forcoloredgirlswhohaveconsideredsuicidewhentherainbowisenuf #claricelispector #breathandlife #ronaldwimberly #princeofcats #nervousconditions #TsitsiDangarembga #imbolombue #HowBeautifulWeWere #BlackHistoryMonth

‘Hoe mooi wij waren’ van #ImboloMbue is een uitzonderlijk mooi #boek. Echt een aanrader om te #lezen. Maatschappij kritisch over de macht van de olie-industrie, totalitaire regimes en de onmacht van de burger.
#milieuverontreining #boeken

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