https://archive.rustgeek.me/tags/african-writing/ Recent content in African-Writing on A Geek's Life Hugo en Wed, 04 Jan 2017 19:47:08 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2017/01/04/03-on-writing-and-life/ Wed, 04 Jan 2017 19:47:08 +0000 https://archive.rustgeek.me/2017/01/04/03-on-writing-and-life/ <p><img loading="lazy" src="https://archive.rustgeek.me/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/55b3d-afdb0-1qijwwhg-zh0q95sqvdcvmw.jpeg"></p> <hr> <p>The final days of the holidays- I am back at work on Friday — seem like a good time to put a dent in my reading plans for the year, which is how I finally get round to reading <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Ghana-Must-Go-Taiye-Selasi/0670919888/">Ghana Must Go</a>, an airport impulse buy whilst waiting to board a flight last summer.</p> <p>A few pages in, I find myself wondering what the fuss about the book many years ago was about, steeling myself for a long, hard slog. By the time I am midway, I find myself pleasantly surprised by the pace and the sense of recognition its themes engender in me — grief, loss, growing up in an African home and the immigrant experience, being the chief ones.</p>