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message 1: by Paulacohn (new)

Paulacohn Reading "what is the what by Dave Eggers changed my life & how I see the world .


message 2: by Margaret (new)

Margaret Carmel The Color Purple???? Someone needs to remove that!


message 3: by Kiki (new)

Kiki Glover Why is Ernest Hemingway on here??


message 4: by Rena (new)

Rena Kiki wrote: "Why is Ernest Hemingway on here??"

I think Hemingway is here because of his story set in Africa.


message 5: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jun 14, 2016 11:55PM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Margaret wrote: "The Color Purple???? Someone needs to remove that!"

The Color Purple has been removed.

The English Patient is stretching it a bit..


message 6: by Andrea (new)

Andrea I'm going to remove Barbara Kingsolver, Ernest Hemingway, John le Carre and Alexander McCall Smith as none of them are African (although some of them may have spent significant time in Africa).


message 7: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jun 08, 2020 02:15AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Andrea wrote: "I'm going to remove Barbara Kingsolver, Ernest Hemingway, John le Carre and Alexander McCall Smith as none of them are African (although some of them may have spent significant time in Africa)."

I don't known the titles you've removed, but Alexander McCall Smith's The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is set in Botswana, and the majority of Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible is set in Africa as well (the description says 'or set on the African Continent').

I haven't read it, but Ernest Hemingway's The Snows of Kilimanjaro sounds as if it is set in Africa as well.


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Andrea wrote: "Oh, I apologise! I missed the description. I will re-add those books.

However, it seems very ambiguous to have "AFRICANS" in caps in the title, but "or set on the African Continent" in the descrip..."


'Books about Africa' is also in the title of the Listopia 😊


message 9: by Andrea (new)

Andrea I sincerely apologise, I missed that!

I have re-added the books I deleted.


message 10: by Maura (new)

Maura Why is Paulo Coelho on this list? He is Brazilian.


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