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Well, this 800+ page tome may be quicker going than I thought!

I've been a fan of Akala for some time, Not for his music - I've heard it's very good, but rap isn't my thing - but for his wit, intelligence and activism. Seeing him on a TV debate show where some white politician or journalist underestimates him because he's a rap artist (and a black man), and then watching him politely eviscerate them with his depth of knowledge is a joy to behold and this book is its distillation

Nothing like a nice long Sunday run to eat through a large chunk of audiobook

Somehow this is barely half way through? What the hell is going to happen next!?

Fuck.

As much as this has been foreshadowed, he loss is devastating.

And yet; life goes on.

Goddamn, but this is good!

This is wonderful. I expected the poetry of Kingsolver's writing, but not for it to be so funny, each chapter told from the point of view of on of the five daughters of a Mississippi Baptist missionary in Congo in the early 60s each in their own way. Each section is begun by the mother looking back at this time and hints at tragedy to come.