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Since "decolonizing your bookshelf" is all the rage, here is a list of books written by non-Western female authors that are downplayed or ignored by Western media and academics.
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Target Africa: Ideological Neocolonialism in the Twenty-First Century
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4.34 avg rating — 178 ratings
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers
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4.36 avg rating — 53,312 ratings
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Infidel
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4.20 avg rating — 92,302 ratings
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Hiding in the Light: Why I Risked Everything to Leave Islam and Follow Jesus
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4.47 avg rating — 4,504 ratings
score: 97,
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When Broken Glass Floats: Growing Up Under the Khmer Rouge
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Chanrithy Him (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 4,985 ratings
score: 96,
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I Dared to Call Him Father: The Miraculous Story of a Muslim Woman's Encounter with God
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4.30 avg rating — 9,242 ratings
score: 95,
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If I Perish
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4.37 avg rating — 1,556 ratings
score: 94,
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Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
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4.30 avg rating — 121,899 ratings
score: 93,
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Slave: My True Story
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4.28 avg rating — 10,284 ratings
score: 92,
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Nomad: From Islam to America: A Personal Journey Through the Clash of Civilizations
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3.95 avg rating — 5,573 ratings
score: 91,
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Mao: The Unknown Story
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3.83 avg rating — 13,719 ratings
score: 90,
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Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust
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4.43 avg rating — 47,145 ratings
score: 89,
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Beautiful Hero: How We Survived the Khmer Rouge
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Jennifer H. Lau (Goodreads Author)
4.53 avg rating — 840 ratings
score: 88,
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The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector's Story
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Hyeonseo Lee (Goodreads Author)
4.43 avg rating — 100,058 ratings
score: 87,
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Led by Faith: Rising from the Ashes of the Rwandan Genocide
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4.44 avg rating — 2,019 ratings
score: 86,
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This Child Will Be Great: Memoir of a Remarkable Life by Africa's First Woman President
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3.99 avg rating — 1,973 ratings
score: 85,
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Free at Last: A Cup of Water, a Death Sentence, and an Inspiring Story of One Woman's Unwavering Faith (Paperback) – A Powerful and Encouraging Testimony on Fighting Against Religious Extremism
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4.03 avg rating — 108 ratings
score: 84,
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