‘Teaching my mother how to give birth’ (2011) by Warsan Shire. A provocative peek into womanhood – you will feel understood and deeply moved.
Notes: On 2014 she was named the first ever Young Poet Laureate of London. She was a key featured artist in Beyonce’s album LEMONADE (2016) 👏🏾✊🏾
Book rating:📙 📙 📙📙
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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 & FB].
Rating scale: Each book gets a score out of 5 (5 being the highest rating)
