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Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music by Angelique Kidjo

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.75

Incredible. Previous to picking up this book, I had never heard of this singer. Not only is she an amazing story teller but she is unbelievably talented and I now have a whole new world of music to explore. 
Excellent history of Benin, the Fon and Yoruba people, communism in Africa, jazz and so much more. I especially loved the plethora of personal photos that were scattered generously throughout that really helped bring her story to life. 

Inextricably Tied by Aveda Vice

adventurous funny fast-paced

Everybody’s so creative!

Toufah: The Woman Who Inspired an African #Metoo Movement by Kim Pittaway, Toufah Jallow

inspiring medium-paced

4.75

Sin and Ink by Naima Simone

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.75

The angst was angsting and the tension could be cut with a knife! Ugh - new fave unlocked!

Aftershocks: Dispatches from the Frontlines of Identity by Nadia Owusu

challenging emotional informative sad medium-paced

3.75

Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer

informative relaxing slow-paced

4.25

If Kimmerer had been my bio professor in college, I might have actually enjoyed that semester

Beyond Trans: Does Gender Matter? by Heath Fogg Davis

informative slow-paced

4.25

Really thought provoking and informative. Wish this was more mainstream than it currently is. 

Sugar Daddies by Jade West

medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

Honestly way more of a plot than I was expecting and really strong bi rep to boot. Mature/spice obviously but really entertaining. 

The only downside was the audiobook readers. Female narrator was annoying and the male narrator was a little too…exhuberant.

In the Company of Men by Véronique Tadjo

fast-paced

4.25

Fiction that reads as nonfiction. Still beautiful. Examining the Ebola outbreak of 2014 from multiple POVs

Black Eggs: Poems by Kurihara Sadako by Kurihara Sadako

slow-paced

3.75