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2018 this book group is reading the following hillbilly elegy by j d vance this was our january read the gift of rain by tan twan eng i actually read this last year while on vacation it was long but really good for february 2018 the miraculous fever tree by fiametta rocco originally for march 2018 but cancelled stay with me by ayobami adebayo now the march 2018 read exit west by mohsin hamid i just finished reading this for accra book club for april 2018 fever dream by samanta schweblin empire of the summer moon by s c gwynne a year of marvelous ways by sarah winman unfortunately i usually end up missing the discussions as they take place during the day while yours truly is at work sigh but i still read the books posted in accra book club nawa book group reading tagged book club feb 19 accra book club selections for 2018 posted by accrabooksandthings 0 accra book club is one of the three book clubs book groups i belong to here are our reads actual and planned for 2018 the ministry of utmost happiness by arundhati roy january 2018 actually discussed on 1 february i don t think any of us was overly enthused exit west by mohsin hamid february 2018 we will probably combine this with number 3 but i do need to get started on it the orphan master s son by adam johnson march 2018 stay with me by ayobami adebayo april 2018 lincoln in the bardo by george saunders may 2018 anything is possible by elizabeth strout june 2018 memoirs of a polar bear by yoko tawada august 2018 the woman next door by yewande omotoso september 2018 confessions of the lioness by mia couto october 2018 under the udala trees by chinelo okparanta november 2018 the automobile club of egypt by alaa al aswany december 2018 quite a few african works in this batch more than usual as usual i will probably read most of these on kindle but i do already five titles in hard copy posted in accra book club african writers libreriagh reading feb 05 2017 reads ghana and africa posted by accrabooksandthings 0 during 2017 i did a good bit of reading and even managed to read over 80 books according to goodreads this did include books on ghana by ghanaian authors as well as books on africa by african authors for ghana i only read one fiction book from pasta to pigfoot by frances mensah williams written by a diasporan ghanaian taking place in both the uk and ghana why only one fiction book from ghana well i do admit that i don t have very many on my tbr shelves for non fiction there were a few more the president s physician bumps on a smooth road by bettina ama boohene andah memoirs of president kufuor s physician what s up vocabulary for those new to america by james gyasi boateng ghana on the go african mobility in the age of motor transportation by jennifer hart future of the tree towards growth and development of kumasi edited by kwasi kwafo adarkwa values standards and practices in ghanaian organisational life by samuel n woode crossing the color line race sex and the contested politics of colonialism in ghana by carina e ray included a chapter of several women married to ghanaians reflections of an ordinary african woman by akua djanie i did read several books by african writers aya de yopougon vols 4 6 by marguerite abouet clement oubrerie graphic novel read in french born on a tuesday by elnathan john blackass by a igoni barrett for accra book club amie an african adventure by lucinda e clarke gave this a low 2 star rating radiance of tomorrow by ishmael beah for accra book club the maestro the magistrate and the mathematician by tendai huchu for accra book club behold the dreamers by imbolu mbue for accra book club who will catch us as we fall by iman verjee for ghanamustread book group for non fiction on africa i read the following we should all be feminists by chimamanda ngozi adichie the bad ass librarians of timbuktu by joshua hammer for accra book club the house my father built by adewale maja pearce dealing with tenants in an inherited block of flats in lagos the african city a history by bill freund longthroat memoirs by yemisi aribisala born a crime by trevor noah for ghanamustread book group part of my reading by ghanaians on ghana depends on availability i do find there aren t a lot of fiction books written by ghanaians as for the books on africa african fiction there is of course much more choice posted in accra book club african writers ghanaian writers ghanamustread nawa book group year in review tagged african fiction african non fiction book groups ghanaian fiction ghanaian non fiction jan 20 reading culture at ashesi posted by accrabooksandthings 0 thanks to my colleague michael f quansah for his blog post story on medium about building a reading culture at ashesi university college interestingly when students asked for novels some of the main requests were for the harry potter series and the game of thrones series posted in ashesi university college reading tagged ashesi university college reading culture feb 20 reading for a couple of accra book clubs groups in 2017 posted by accrabooksandthings 1 at the moment i am involved with two book clubs book groups here in accra here are the reading choices for 2017 at least what i know of as of the time of writing accra book club contact via accrabookclub at gmail dot com meets monthly except july and even that is flexible homegoing by yaa gyasi january 2017 do not say we have nothing by madelein thien february 2017 the underground railroad by colson whitehead march 2017 blackass by igoni barrett april 2017 the bad ass librarians of timbuktu by joshua hammer may 2017 wonder by r j palacio june 2017 the sympathizer by viet thanh nguyen august 2017 13 ways of looking at a fat girl by mona awad september 2017 radiance of tomorrow by ishmael beah october 2017 the woman who breathed two worlds by selina sian chin yoke november 2017 the maestro the magician and the mathematician by tendai huchu december 2017 behold the dreamers by imbolo mbue january 2018 nawa book group nb one has to be a member of nawa in order to take part but i still thought i should share the list homegoing by yaa gyasi january 2017 a man called ove by fredrick backman february 2017 longbourn by jo baker march 2017 dead wake by erik larson april 2017 caliph s house by tahir shah may 2017 the wright brothers by david mccullough june 2017 of course all the above titles are available via kindle and i presume nook and vidya book store in osu does stock some titles posted in accra book club nawa book group tagged 2017 reading accra book club nawa book group feb 06 a backward look at my ghanaian and african reads of 2016 posted by accrabooksandthings 2 usually sometime early in the year i look back on my reading for the previous year and share the books on ghana and africa i read for ghanaian fiction i read three novels two are diasporan authors while one is based based here in ghana at least now glover boakyewaa the justice gyasi yaa homegoing a january 2017 choice for two book clubs groups i belong to quartey kwei murder at cape three points for ghanaian non fiction i count four works addo kufuor kwame gold coast boy autobiography by a brother of ghana s former president a physician and politician ashun mary tuesday s child another autobiography with an emphasis on the author s childhood insaidoo kwame afadzi ghana an incomplete independence or a dysfunctional democracy nawa no worries 6th ed i actually have all 6 editions of this guidebook to accra my african fiction category is a mixed bag including some novels with locations in african settings which i realize some people might not consider real african fiction abouet marguerite oubrerie clement aya de yopougon 1 3 a series of graphic novels with ivoirian characters banda aaku ellen sula and ja story for young adults teens by prize winning zambian author boyd william solo anoatther james bond novel partially set in nigeria camus albert the stranger this was a re read of the classic davids nadia an imperfect blessing farah nuruddin hiding in plain sight read for accra book club guillaume laurent white leopard thriller with a malian location jemisin n k the fifth season prize winning science fiction fantasy novel which takes place in what had once been africa s tropical regions jonasson jonas the girl who saved the king of sweden another comic book from this swedish author the main character is south african lotz sarah the three author is south african and part of the novel is set there mahlangu songeziwe penumbra mccain paula circling the sun read for accra book club set in colonial kenya orford margie like clockwork thriller set in south africa singh astha congo journey mostly on the indian community walker rebecca ade a love story set mostly in tanzania african non fiction was a bit sparse last year with only three books agyeman duah ivor africa a miner s canary into the 21st century beckman bjorn gbemisola adeoti intellectuals and african development kpomassie tete michel an african in greenland quite touching in parts i do admit that apart from book clubs groups i don t really plan my reading i do have a lot of tbr books which fill one medium bookcase and always feel i should concentrate a bit more on these books but somehow it doesn t always work out posted in accra book club african diasporan writing african writers reading specific authors tagged 2016 reading african fiction african non fiction ghanaian fiction ghanaian non fiction feb 01 missed the latest burt award posted by accrabooksandthings 2 as i mentioned in an earlier post there were are several library related events going on during the months september december 2016 last week i was very much pre occupied with events involving the consortium of academic and research libraries in ghana carligh including a meeting training organized by publishers ebsco and cambridge up and the 2nd carligh international conference which took place here in accra from 28 to 30 september see the gna website for their story on the opening ceremony regrettably therefore i missed the latest burt award ceremonies which took place last week but i am glad to acknowledge their efforts the winners were dr ruby yayra goka for her book the step mother elizabeth irene baitie for her book rattling in the closet nii kpani addy for his book red spectacles knows for more information on the event see the gna story even though it is not totally accurate posted in burt award ghanaian writers prizes specific authors tagged burt award elizabeth irene baitie ghanaian writers nii kpani addy ruby yayra goka ya fiction oct 03 several library and information events in ghana over the next two months posted by accrabooksandthings 2 it struck me a few days ago that there are many many library and information events going on in ghana over the next couple of months or so including a teeal itoca training event going on 20 22 september 2016 at wisconsin international university college mainly for those involved in providing and accessing agricultural related information the ghana library association 4th library and information week celebration 26 30 september 2016 with a theme ensuring quality education for all the role of the librarian the main launch is taking place in tamale on 27 september 2nd carligh international conference 28 30 september 2016 at csir insti here in accra with a theme on knowledge management and information professionals the conference of university librarians and their deputies culd is holding a workshop on procurement of information resources in academic and research libraries taking place in kumasi 6 7 october 2016 the ghana library association is holding its 2016 biennial congress 20 21 october 2016 at the university of ghana legon with the theme libraries and the un2030 agenda for sustainable development in ghana unesco and cern are holding a one week 28 november 2 december 2016 school on digital libraries at knust kumasi currently i am planning to attend at least two of these events no 3 which i am involved in organizing and no 5 as a member of the gla it is great to hear of so many opportunities open to members of my profession another book event is also taking place next week burt award for african literature award ceremony and book launch 2015 which is taking place on 28 september 2016 at british council accra unfortunately i will miss this if anyone reading this wants more information just let me know posted in agricultural information carligh culd digital initiatives ghana librarians ghana library association technology univ of ghana tagged carligh cern culd ghana library association itoca teeal unesco sep 22 some of my ghanaian and african reads for the first six months of 2016 posted by accrabooksandthings 0 some of my ghanaian and african reads for the first six months of 2016 include ghana reads include books by ghanaian authors ghanaians in the diaspora on ghana or with a ghanaian setting quartey kwei murder at cape three points mystery crime with inspector darko dawson agyeman duah ivor africa a miner s canary into the 21st century a collection of essays on african countries insaidoo kwame afadzi ghana an incomplete independence or a dysfunctional democracy political analysis africa reads include books by african authors africans in the diaspora on african countries or with an african setting singh astha congo a journey fictional account of an indian family in drc guillaume laurent white leopard thriller set in mali mahlangu songeziwe penumbra prize winning south african novel with the main character having a mental breakdown camus albert the stranger this was a re read of the classic which i originally read in french orford margie like clockwork crime thriller set in south africa mccain paula circling the sun fictional account of early part of beryl markham s life mostly set in colonial kenya read for accra book club davids nadia an imperfect blessing a family saga set in the cape town of 1993 94 farah nuruddin hiding in plain sight a diasporan somali family adapts to loss of a member to a terrorist attack read for accra book club banda aaku ellen sula and ja a young adult novel about two teens discovering more about each other set in zambia plus a special mention of three cookbooks with african ghanaian connections sloley patti gyapomaa a date with plantain i admit that ripe plantain is one of my absolutely favourite foods osseo asare fran and baeta barbara the ghana cookbook comprehensive and great if you are a non ghanaian or not living in ghana timothy duval and others the groundnut cookbook lots of west african recipes adapted to more western uk tastes posted in accra book club african diasporan writing african writers ghanaian writers reading tagged african writers african writing cookbooks ghana jul 03 post navigation older posts accra book club africa african fiction african non fiction african writing africa reading challenge alba sumprim ama ata aidoo ashesi ashesi university college barcamp ghana 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