114 When We Were Birds by Ayanna Lloyd Banwo — Postcolonialism and Vibes
Book Club with Julia and Victoria
English - July 07, 2023 20:18 - 54.3 MB - ★★★★ - 18 ratingsBooks Arts TV & Film Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Julia and Victoria apply a postcolonial perspective to Ayana Lloyd Banwo’s When We Were Birds, a novel about death, magical matriarchs, love, and VIBES.
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Mentioned in this episode:
The Wretched of the Earth by Franz Fanon
Books by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o
“In All Its Forms: A Conversation with Ayanna Lloyd Banwo” by Will Forrester (PEN Transmissions)
“Trinbagonian author releases debut novel with UK publishing house” by Tevin Gall (Loop Trinidad & Tobago)
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Black Skin White Masks by Franz Fanon (translated by Richard Philcox)
The Inheritance of Orquídea Divina by Zoraida Córdova
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