Great African Reads discussion

It's time to visit islands again! This tour stop might be challenging, but lets see what suggestions we can generate. Here is where we are going (nice for January, eh?):


(from this website, in Portuguese: http://www.guiaviagem.org/sao-tome-e-...)

and here is where the two islands are in relation to the continent:

Here's one list: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The only other thing I could find with a quick search was Exorcising Devils from the Throne: Sao Tome and Principe in the Chaos of Democratization. Doesn't look like the lightest read ever.

Liralen wrote: "Here's one list: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The only other thing I could find with a quick search was [book:Exorcising Devils from the Throne: Sao Tome and Pr..."

Thanks for the list!

I couldn't find any further recommendations on São Tomé! Happy to go with one in the list! Happiest Xmas to all!

okay! i will set up this poll...

but first i will divvy up the fiction and the non-fiction.

fiction

Equator

Sao Tome-- Journey to the Abyss-- Portugal's Stolen Children by Paul D. Cohn

The Exiles of Crocodile Island

Native Dance: An African Story

non-fiction

Ossobo: Essays on the Literature of Sao Tome and Principe

Comrades Clients And Cousins

Exorcising Devils From The Throne by Albertino Da Boa Morte FranciscoExorcising Devils From The Throne

Chocolate Islands Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa by Catherine HiggsChocolate Islands: Cocoa, Slavery, and Colonial Africa

the polls are up!

nonfiction:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

fiction:
https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/1...

to see more about each book, click the thumbnails under each poll.

see the winners!

i'm setting up discussion threads for them now.