This is the canon : decolonize your bookshelf in 50 books
Anim-Addo, Joan2022
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Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre Osborne and Kadija Sesay have curated a decolonised reading list that celebrates the wide and diverse experiences of people from around the world, of all backgrounds and all races. It disrupts the all-too-often white-dominated 'required reading' collections that have become the accepted norm and highlights powerful voices and cultural perspectives that demand a place on our shelves. From literary giants such as Toni Morrison and Chinua Achebe to less well known (but equally vital) writers such as Caribbean novelist Earl Lovelace or Indigenous Australian author Tony Birch, the novels recommended here are in turn haunting and lyrical; innovative and inspiring; edgy and poignant. The power of great fiction is that readers have the opportunity to discover new worlds and encounter other beliefs and opinions.
Main title:
This is the canon : decolonize your bookshelf in 50 books / Joan Anim-Addo, Deirdre Osborne, Kadija George Sesay.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Greenfinch, 2022.
Collation:
352 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2021.
ISBN:
9781529414615 (pbk)
Dewey class:
809.3809.3 ANI
Language:
English
BRN:
3313712