Most Read This Week In Africa

[close] Welcome to the Goodreads group for Diaspora.Connected! “Nobody can teach me who I am. You can describe parts of me, but who I am - and what I need - is something I have to find out myself.” ― Chinua Achebe We've created a pan african reading challenge ( #ReadPanAfrica) to fan the flames for excitement and curiosity about the black experience expressed in literature across the African Diaspora - this includes authors from Sub-Saharan Africa (East, South, and West), the Caribbean, North and South America, Europe and refugees/migrants outside the continent.

[close] Reading takes you places. Where in the world will your next book take you? If you love world literature, translated works, travel writing, or exploring the world through books, you have come to the right place! ATW80 began in 2009 as a challenge on TNBBC. The separate group was established in 2011. Anyone can join and participate in the challenges or readings at any time. Challenge participation is not a requirement of joining. Anyone who loves reading books from around the world is welcome here. The main purpose of this group is to travel the world through books, experiencing new authors and cultures along the way. Want to read about the world? We have close to 50,000 books cataloged by setting and more are added each week. I personally started reading around the world in 2008. This venture has introduced me to far off lands, fresh viewpoints, and many new authors I might not have discovered otherwise. Here is a record of my travels since 2009: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/18478768-diane-s-world-travels-by-book I have worked very hard gathering resources for others to use and coming up with new activities. Please ask permission before copying and please give appropriate credit. The copycatting is getting ridiculous and tiresome. "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.” - Dr. Suess “There are too many books I haven’t read, too many places I haven’t seen, too many memories I haven’t kept long enough.” ― Irwin Shaw Globe Stand Photo: Daniel Loiselle/Getty Images

[close] This group is for readers who love interesting and wonderful books from Africans around the globe. It is the group where you connect with great authors and readers and together we discuss, review and share our views on salient issues. It is open to anyone who is interested in reading and sharing great books to inspire all.

[close] For any book lovers in the group, I am about to start the reading across Africa challenge that I saw on Tiktok is doing and I thought I would share here. You can view my video reviews @holymotherofmonkeys on TikTok as well as other people who are doing the challenge including the person who started it @books.with.lee. The social media hashtag is #readingacrossafrica if you'd like to use it Challenge details: Time Frame: 1 year (It's supposed to end in December, but it's gonna end when I'm done. lol) 1 book per independent Country in Africa Book Selection must either be written by an author from that country, written by an author who has lived in that county, or the book has a setting that is in that Country. The book can be any Genre Feel free to suggest books to add to the bookshelf.