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august ‘26 reads! (opens the original)
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The only thing new and exciting about this month’s roundup is that it includes a children’s book that I read at a book fair. I wasn’t sure if i should add it so i moved my line of thinking toward impact and yes, it did indeed impact me. So enjoy a paragraph or two about a children’s book. This month’s post is late. Between packing and moving, i nearly thought to forgo making this month’s journal. I am glad I didn’t.25. The Lonely Londoners by Sam SelvonEvery once in a while, my tunnel vision is
Africa is raising you to die (opens the original)
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In chapter 2 of ‘Pedagogy of the Oppressed,’ Paulo Freire, an educator and philosopher quotes, “oppression—overwhelming control—is necrophilic; it is nourished by love of death, not life.” A sentence like that requires us to look back on our history, where for the last hundred years or so, African death, and non white deaths have been deemed inconsequential. It also requires us to ask yourself if that is true today (it is) and why we aren’t raised to view ourselves as fully realised human beings
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After I read her memoir last month, Arundhati Roy made such an impression on me that i decided to read her two fictional novels. Luckily, they were in the library and my friend, who works at the library let me monopolise them (make friends with your librarian).22. The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe most fun thing about reading this book was seeing the real life occurring things that were mentioned in the memoir become fictionalised. The God of Small things is about twins Rahel and Estha
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