Ana
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Tim Butcher:
Hi Tim, Just loved your book on Congo. Amazing reading. As well as The Trigger. Considering order the Chase the Devil now. Do you have other recommendations on readings about Africa?
Tim Butcher
Thanks for the question, Ana,
There are a wealth of books on Africa that I have enjoyed and learned from. Here are three favourites:
History – King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochshcild, a history book that regularly blurs the border with dramatic fiction
Fiction – An Elegy for Easterly by Petina Gappah, short stories so perfect as whole they capture post-colonial Africa’s double-edged muddle of hope and despair
Memoir – Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, a dynastic novel but written with so much authority drawn from the author’s own life in/out of Ethiopia.
There are a wealth of books on Africa that I have enjoyed and learned from. Here are three favourites:
History – King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochshcild, a history book that regularly blurs the border with dramatic fiction
Fiction – An Elegy for Easterly by Petina Gappah, short stories so perfect as whole they capture post-colonial Africa’s double-edged muddle of hope and despair
Memoir – Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese, a dynastic novel but written with so much authority drawn from the author’s own life in/out of Ethiopia.
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