Week 1: ‘The Terrible: a Storytellers Memoir’ (2018) by Yrsa Daley-Ward (West Africa /UK/West Indian)
A memoir of Yrsa, offering at times hard to swallow bite-sized insights into a young girls coming of age story, and how she realises the power and danger her body holds. It is quite simply a unique and beautifully raw account of a life. Rating: 📙 📙 📙 📙
Note: Shortlisted for the 2019 PEN Open Book Award
#ReadWriteAfrican
So I @KhalozaBooks committed myself to reading an African authored book each week for the whole year of 2019. Follow my book reading chronicles & mini reviews weekly – Comes out every Sunday! [also on Twitter]
Review rating: Each book gets a score out of 5 📙 (5 being the highest rating)
Photo: Platon for the Observer
