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Coming of age story of a young boy, Gaby, growing up in a somewhat sheltered life in Burundi with a French father and a Rwandan mother. As the politics in both Burundi and Rwanda in the 90's, so does his parents relationship. His father is great example of the complexity of expats, despite a local wife and living in Africa, his attitude is summed up when he names a racist Belgian in Zaire as his greatest source of knowledge of Africa, not his Rwandan wife. As the politics even infiltrate his gro
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Feb 08, 2021
Katt Hansen
marked it as to-read
