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Book Review: The Eternal Audience of One

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This is also a book I picked up at Winter Institute.

This is the debut novel by Rwandan–Namibian author Rémy Ngamije.  It is a semi-autobiographical, coming-of-age story about a young man name Séraphin, whose family left Rwanda during the 1994 genocide and for Namibia.  The story follows Séraphin from his high school years in “boring” Windhoek to college in cosmopolitan Capetown.  We are introduced to his traditional family trying to make a new life for themselves as immigrants.  We also see Séraphin’s many colorful friends, lovers, and acquaintances struggle through the African continent’s current racial and sexual politics.

This is definitely a great, witty read from a new voice in African literature!

The Eternal Audience of One by Rémy Ngamije.  Published by Scout Press on August 10, 2021.

Hot Vax Summer Playlist 2021

 

I have been jamming out to this playlist I created on all my day trips, one outdoor party I attended, and several walking exercises.

If you’re vaccinated, let’s celebrate a hot vax summer!

Book Review: You Don’t Belong Here

This is another book I found out about on Book TV.  You Don’t Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War by journalist Elizabeth Becker is about three groundbreaking women journalists who covered the Vietnam War.  I was intrigued by this book because I don’t remember learning about any of these women in journalism school.

I even took a foreign correspondence class and the history of women journalists was very limited.  While I never wanted to cover war, I briefly had an interest in becoming a foreign correspondent when I was in college.  At that time, there weren’t many female correspondents who covered war, except Christiane Amanpour.

I ended up taking a slight detour into marketing communications for international NGOs.

So, it was really cool to read this.  If I had known about these women in school, I might have had a different career trajectory!

Book Review: Come Fly The World

I found out about this book while watching author Julia Cooke on Book TV. I’m so glad I read it because I learned a lot about the airline industry. Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am follows the many stories of female flight attendants during the height of the airline’s popularity in the 60s and 70s.  It truly is a feminist story because being a flight attendant at that time was both restrictive and revolutionary at the same time.

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