8/6/17 review of book Black Paris, by Bennetta Jules-Rosette

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the book Black Paris: The African Writers' Landscape, by Bennetta Jules-Rosette.

The thread gives a summary of the book, some context on how I learned of the book, and some history about relations between Paris and Africa. The thread discusses some things that surprised me about the book and some things the book inspired me to think about more. The thread discusses Présence Africaine, African literature festivals, human rights movements, Africa's development and Paris as a publishing hub for African literature. And it discusses some great authors discussed in the book, as well as how those authors attempted to re-frame African literature.

Here is the link to the University of Illinois Press web page for the book.