So I knew that Liberia was colonized by free black Americans in the early 1800s, and I knew the name “American Colonization Society,” but I also thought these groups were one and the same. I thought the American Colonization Society was a free black invention, like a sort of proto-Marcus-Garvey situation. What a silly, naive bunny I was to think that. The American Colonization Society was a bunch of white guys who came up with the great idea of sending all the free black people to Africa, which would serve the dual purpose of getting rid of black people the American government didn’t want, and maybe…
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For Jeane’s Dog Ear Challenge: West with the Night was the nonfiction book on an obscure topic/on a topic you don’t often read about. I had a broad selection of Jeane recommendations for this one, since she is always reading books that sound interesting but that I would never pick up on my own. West with the Night is Beryl Markham’s memoir of growing up on her father’s farm in Africa, and becoming a horse trainer, and eventually learning to fly a plane. Beryl Markham sounds like a pretty cool person, though from reading her Wikipedia article it sounds like…
14 CommentsRecommended by: Read-Warbler This book is about an American librarian who brings books to rural African places using camels. I’ll give you that again: She uses CAMELS to bring people BOOKS. There are no words that adequately express how sad I am that I wasn’t able to finish this book. It contains BOOKS and CAMELS. Bringing books to people via camels. I love books (obviously), and God knows I love camels more than my luggage. One time I went to a RenFest, and THEY HAD CAMELS there and I RODE ON ONE. Didn’t even remotely know that I cared about…
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