Jason Timbuktu Diakité
Autore di A Drop of Midnight
Sull'Autore
Opere di Jason Timbuktu Diakité
Opere correlate
The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country (2021) — Traduttore, alcune edizioni — 1,130 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1975-01-11
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- Sweden
- Luogo di nascita
- Lund, Sweden
Utenti
Recensioni
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 2
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 106
- Popolarità
- #181,887
- Voto
- 4.5
- Recensioni
- 3
- ISBN
- 13
- Lingue
- 2
I found this an interesting and thoughtful read, and respected how much Diakité was clearly working to grapple with the complexities of his family's past. (And wow, it is complex and full of trauma. For instance, in the 1950s, his grandmother sent her children, including Diakité's father, from New York City to Nigeria to be raised in what she saw as a more uplifting and Afrocentric environment—by themselves.) However, it's a little disjointed and repetitive, and I felt that Diakité rarely settled into enough of a groove to let him go deep on a topic. Still, an engaging read from an unusual perspective.… (altro)