tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post2841965023525941259..comments2024-03-08T03:18:48.591-05:00Comments on Lotus Reads: Black Mamba Boy Nadifa MohamedLotus Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02081192215823615529noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-42298532195713709652010-03-09T14:39:41.388-05:002010-03-09T14:39:41.388-05:00Great review, Angie. I'm ordering this book! A...Great review, Angie. I'm ordering this book! Africa and suffering go together and it reflects in every african story we read. My heart goes out to them.Happy Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05170475118277864013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-82783238591205127072010-03-07T18:46:02.772-05:002010-03-07T18:46:02.772-05:00Thank you for a wonderful review as always Lotus. ...Thank you for a wonderful review as always Lotus. I am not sure I can vouch for the historical accuracy of North east Africa of the 30s either. I suppose her father must be a source for those times? <br />Here is a youtube interview by the author if you have not come across it yet. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-8E7HLUaRF4" rel="nofollow">link</a><br />What I think I liked about your review, is the juxtaposition of the pivotal historical events of those times and the characters are a part of it, the end of wwII, the holocaust, events leading to the birth of Israel, and the fall of fascism<br />It is important to also know what these countries were like then, for most of us think of these countries in the present tense or of the more recent past. I think books like these help us with that.<br />And you with your review have surely helped someone like me who did not know this aspect of North East Africa at all. <br />Thank you for doing that.<br />Your description makes me want to read the book.karmichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10973922761187532706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-89466561723002338302010-03-05T08:19:13.658-05:002010-03-05T08:19:13.658-05:00What a fantastic review Angie! I've not read a...What a fantastic review Angie! I've not read anything by a British- Somali writer and as one of teh other commentators and you ahve said we know little of tht period of history. So I'll try get hold of the book and read it. I liked the sentence where you say'I want to be astonished....shaken to the core and Mohammed succeds will ceratinly make people want to read the book. Thanks for a superb review.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-7005833447107751442010-03-05T07:00:21.636-05:002010-03-05T07:00:21.636-05:00Great to see your posts coming A...
Great review a...Great to see your posts coming A...<br />Great review as always. I thought about the one you wrote recently about China...most importantly what it lacked, and I can't thank you enough for making me see what I need to see myself.<br /><br />MMarilynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05090687138872179144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-60055428750998001022010-02-21T00:27:25.276-05:002010-02-21T00:27:25.276-05:00I don't mind gushing, if it is deserved...
...I don't mind gushing, if it is deserved... <br /><br />Bill ;-)<br /><br />Hope you'll check out my book giveaway:<br />http://drbillsbookbazaar.blogspot.com/2010/02/book-giveaway-emmys-equal.htmlDr. Bill (William L.) Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04857619677138020430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-24521097945374303472010-02-19T06:55:02.626-05:002010-02-19T06:55:02.626-05:00Hey no problem Nathalie! Mohamed is a heck of a s...Hey no problem Nathalie! Mohamed is a heck of a storyteller and you get to learn a lot of history along the way too! Thanks for dropping by!Lotus Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081192215823615529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-36110715833492194602010-02-19T05:17:23.213-05:002010-02-19T05:17:23.213-05:00Your review wowed. Book added to my to read list. ...Your review wowed. Book added to my to read list. Thanks! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-86154482959457830152010-02-18T18:39:21.165-05:002010-02-18T18:39:21.165-05:00Hey Stefania!
Lovely to see you, it's been a ...Hey Stefania!<br /><br />Lovely to see you, it's been a while eh? Yes, you will enjoy this book even if it doesn't portray Italians in a very good light. The narrator is a Somali boy and he wanders into Eritrea (which was colonized by the Italians at that time) in search of his father whom he was told was in Sudan. I wasn't overly pleased by how the Italian colonizers have been portrayed but then, when have colonizers ever been the good guys? A beautiful book, I would recommend it highly,Lotus Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02081192215823615529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12738985.post-19998280854979752212010-02-18T15:49:13.167-05:002010-02-18T15:49:13.167-05:00I'm going to write down this name. It doesn...I'm going to write down this name. It doesn't happen very often to hear about a Somali-British writer and one who writes a scene about some drunk Italians (soldiers I guess?) killing a Somali man is not common either. We Italians have a forgotten history with those countries, Somalia especially.Stefania - The Italian Backpackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02208023950547260256noreply@blogger.com