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Title: We Won't Budge: An African Exile in the World by Manthia Diawara ISBN: 0-465-01709-6 Publisher: BasicCivitas Books Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Thank you, Professor Diawara!
Comment: Professor Diawara in this book speaks directly to what seems to be a generation of multicultural, intellectual nomads who are knowledgeable about numerous world cultures but not truly comfortable in any of them. His voyage to New York, beginning in Bamako and stopping for a time in Paris, is an interesting one and raises serious questions about the ever-kinetic lives of Africans who must shuttle between the Continent, London, New York, Paris and the other major cities of their colonizers in an unceasing uphill battle whose sole goal is a better standard of living.
His discussions of the culture clash between West Africans and the French are also salient and will seem familiar to anyone living in one of the world's multi-culti magnet cities. It is through his descriptions that we learn that we are all, in many ways, dealing with the same problems of modernity and negotiating the distance at which two cultures can peacefully coexist.
Rating: 4
Summary: A Journey Back
Comment: I have always enjoyed looking at life through another's eyes and now I have been able to do it from an international perspective. The title "We Won't Budge" does not give away the true meaning behind the text. It is just enough to invite the reader to pick it up and explore all that it has to offer. Diawara takes you on a journey of personal and intellectual moments that impact his life and the way he sees the world. It's a very honest and brave reflection of one's self. I am glad that he has decided to share his experience with world.
Rating: 5
Summary: A modern day African memoir
Comment: I stumbled across this book by chance and debated for a while whether or not I should buy the hardback edition or wait till it came out in paperback. Thankfully I spent the money and have no regrets - only shame that I even debated whether to get it or not! This is a wonderfully written book and one that should appeal to a wide audience. For readers who are longing for a book that is hard to put down - this is your book. For readers who are interested in learning more about Africa, Africans, France and America - this is your book. For readers who interested in issues of race, identity and belonging- this is your book. For all global souls and Africans who are dying to see parts of their world and experiences described on paper - you must buy this book. It's a rare gem that made me laugh and want to cry. I highly recommend it.
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Title: In Search of Africa by Manthia Diawara ISBN: 0674004086 Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr Pub. Date: November, 2000 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: My Heart Will Cross This Ocean : My Story, My Son, Amadou by Kadiatou Diallo ISBN: 0345456009 Publisher: One World/Ballantine Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Mandela, Mobutu, and Me: A Newswoman's African Journey by Lynne Duke ISBN: 0385503989 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 21 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: Open Wide the Freedom Gates: A Memoir by Dorothy I. Height, Maya Angelou ISBN: 1586481576 Publisher: PublicAffairs Pub. Date: 17 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: A Love No Less : Two Centuries of African American Love Letters by Pamela Newkirk ISBN: 0385503792 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 20 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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