Category: History
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12e Journée du Livre Haitien
La Journée du livre haïtien est un salon du livre qui se déroule durant une journée. Les livres exposés au grand public sont publiés par des auteurs haïtiens ou portant sur la culture haïtienne.
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Ramadan Reading Challenge 2015
The Ramadan Challenge is back for a Third year! This challenge has always been incredible for me. It allows me to discover so many talented writers hailing from North Africa.In 2013, I was very optimistic and challenge myself to read 7 books for the whole month. As you know, I was not on target. You can read…
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Half of a Yellow Sun: The struggle of Secession of the Biafran Republic
I heard a lot of great things about this book. And after all, it won the “orange broadband prize”. I did not know much about the Biafran war; so reading this book was like discovering a part of Africa’s story that I did not know about. Every serious bookworm had read this book, so of…
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Half-Blood Blues by Esi Edugyan-The story of Jazz and Black People in Germany
I read this book in late 2012. Even today, I can’t find a word strong enough to describe how I felt afterward . When I picked it up at Chapter’s Indigo on Saint Catherine street, I didn’t know much about the author or the book. The only thing that attracted me was that the author…