#imbolombue

[intellectures]

Die Tyrannei der Sprache

Postkoloniale Literaturen haben das Zeug, unseren Blick auf die Welt und auf uns selbst nachhaltig zu verändern. Bei ihrer Entstehung greifen aber oftmals Kräfte, die in der literaturkritischen Reflektion selbst kaum beachtet werden. Sie spiegeln in sich die Verhältnisse, aus denen sie hervorgegangen sind. Read the full article

[hotshotdebut]

I actually read this book #HowBeautifulWeWere by #ImboloMbue during lockdown. It’s very well written and the indictment is hard to miss. However there are also some borderline clichés on African culture. I did enjoy the book. Maybe this kind of African literature is the new magic realism. https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg3qFUwBh__/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[richardmurrayhumblr]

The Center for Black Literature (CBL) Book Club Announces the Pick for July 2020! Dear Friends! The next book for our monthly book club discussion will be Imbolo Mbue's Behold the Dreamers. The group online discussion is slated for Wednesday, July 29, 2020 from 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. All are welcome to join in! And please be sure to RSVP by Friday, July 24, 2020. Once you RSVP via email, you'll get details about how to be a part of the discussion (which happens each last Wednesday of the month). Founder Dr. Brenda M. Greene moderates the discussions and considers suggestions from book club members each month. She shares that "this month's novel extends our discussions on writers from the African Diaspora and focuses on the story of a young Cameroonian couple who is making a new life in New York as the Great Recession descends on the country. The themes related to immigration, relationships, the recession all resonate with contemporary issues." Behold the Dreamers has been a New York Times Bestseller and was winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award. Also, it was named as one of the best books of the year by NPR, The New York Times Book Review, San Francisco Chronicle, The Guardian, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chicago Public Library, BookPage, Refinery29, and Kirkus Reviews. Learn more about the author (pictured below) via her own website: www.imbolombue.com. Also, we strongly encourage you to purchase the book from a Black-owned bookstore. Explore https://bit.ly/blackownedbookstores Let's Celebrate Our Stories Together! The July 2020 Selection is Behold The Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue RSVP via email by Friday, July 24, 2020 writers@mec.cuny.edu Click HERE to Purchase the Book from a Black-Owned Bookstore

[bibliobethblog]

Hello everyone and thank God it’s Friday. I’m so tired from my first week back at work (even though it was just half days) but today I’m sharing another shelf on my bookshelf tour. I arrange my books alphabetically by author surname and on this shelf we have the last of the M’s and the start of the O’s. All these books are TBR but I’m particularly looking forward to Nudibranch, Behold The Dreamers, Blonde and Uprooted. I’d love to know if you’ve read any of these books. What did you think? Let’s have a chat in the comments! #bookstagram #bookstagramuk #bookstagrammer #bookshelf #mybookcollection #bookshelftour #tbrshelf #toberead #nudibranch #irenosenokojie #beholdthedreamers #imbolombue #blonde #joycecaroloates #uprooted #naominovik #booksimexcitedabout #whatshouldireadnext #bookobsessed #booksbooksandmorebooks #booksaremylife https://www.instagram.com/p/CYuSfbXLi1c/?utm_medium=tumblr

[mainlymaryam]

Ahh, I just shared a reel of what came in my @booksthatmatteruk subscription boxes for October and August (which was a gift for subscribing). Have you read either of these books? — How Beautiful We Were by #imbolombue #howbeautifulwewere — His Only Wife by @peacemedie #hisonlywife As soon as I read them, I’m definitely going to share a #bookreview The gifts in both boxes were so cute as well: — beautiful designed face mask — #organiccotton mini grocery bag (tbh im not just taking it with me to the supermarket 🤪) — @blossomandbloomuk feet spray — @hipchocolate it’s milk chocolate — @tabithaeveco reusable cotton pads — @scenceskincare lip balm — @kibtea lemongrass and moringa tea + bookmarks #books #bookstagram #bookrecommendations #booksubscriptionbox #subscriptionbox #unboxing #booksthatmatter (at United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CVigsPBoGCs/?utm_medium=tumblr

[padoukdesign]

#imbolombue #cameroon #africa #colonialism #protectorate #history #culture #language #sawa #novel #book @randomhouse https://www.instagram.com/p/CLesP99BgbR/?igshid=8pswjtqkh0lx

[spinesvines]

Its’s a #readroserepeat kind of a Friday🌹🍷[#partner @randomhouse]⁣ ⁣ I’m buddy reading #ImboloMbue’s second novel (on sale 6.16.20) with Chelsea over at @suspensethrill! I’m about 75 pages in and I already know this will be one of my favorite reads. You can’t help but it think of the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, the BP oil spill and so many other atrocities. ⁣ ⁣ HOW BEAUTIFUL WE WERE is the story of “what happens when the residents of a fictional African village named Kosawa decide to rise up and fight back against an American oil company that has been polluting their land. Spanning forty years, it follows a generation of children growing up in this village, and what happens to them as they watch their parents fight the oil company, and when they themselves take up the fight.”⁣ ⁣ I don’t know about you but this book was one of my most anticipated reads of 2020. Super thankful to the amazing folks @randomhouse for sending it my way 🖤⁣ ⁣ What are y’all reading? I hope you are doing ok. Sending you virtual hugs 🤗⁣ • • •⁣ Wine: #Sancerre Rosé ⁣ 📚🍷⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #spinesvines #booksandwine #diversespines #roseallday #buddyread #fridayreads #howbeautifulwewere (at Washington D.C.) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-iYnNEAE6s/?igshid=656p2hapra66

[nigerian373]

From the first sentence, I knew I would love this book. So excited to enter this world 😍 BEHOLD THE DREAMERS by Cameroonian author, Imbolo Mbue, published just last year in 2016. #beholdthedreamers #imbolombue #fiction #africanwriters #africa #westafrica #cameroon #america #americandream #theamericandream

[bridgersfitness]

So good I had to share! Check out all the items I'm loving on @Poshmarkapp #poshmark #fashion #style #shopmycloset #imbolombue: https://posh.mk/3qobAj9BQX

[thebooksatchel]

Another book recommendation? Yes, I am on a roll! I was very excited when @harpercollinsin send over a copy of Imbolo Mbue’s novel. Behold the Dreamers was on my list of the shiniest debuts of 2016 (link in bio if you are interested). It tells the story of the immigration laws of America and the blowing impact of recession on both businessmen and immigrants. As the characters struggle to survive, they get intertwined in secrets, betrayal and terrifying days. - - I thought the characters were well fleshed and the story was narrated with a good emotional punch. I might say I expected more from the book after reading the blurb. The Cameroonian family felt more real and relateable while the American family fell a bit flat for me. Overall this is a fast read, so it is perfect to pick up if you are having a busy week. #thebooksatchelreviews 3.5⭐️ - - Do you have any favourite novels about the immigrant experience? . . . #beholdthedreamers #diversebooks #imbolombue

[hotshotdebut]

During Shanghai lockdown I finished four English novels, #Intimacies by #KatieKitamura is my favorite just like Obama. #NoOneIsTalkingAboutThis by #PatriciaLockwood is my least favorite along with her first book #Priestdaddy. #UnsettleGround, latest and last Costa prize winner is okay. I feel that #ClaireFuller dragged the book too long. #HowBeautifulWeWere, a top 10 NTY books of 2021, by #ImboloMbue is a rare indictment of the Corporate America from African perspective. https://www.instagram.com/p/CfDwlxRoZE3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[wolvesdevour]

Small Country by Gaël Faye, The Girl Who Smiled Beads by Clementine Wamariya, and Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue. Small Country reads so close as an autobiography about a man from Burundi, but whose mother is Rwandan and his father is French. I read this first, before Wamariya’s book. It gives a good visual of East Africa. The Girl who Smiled Beads is an autobiography by Clementine Wamariya, edited by Elizabeth Weil. Wamariya is originally from Rwanda, and like Small Country, discusses the Rwandan genocide and East Africa. I highly suggest reading these two together. It is not cheerful. I’ve noticed that Wamariya’s autobiography has some negative reviews for not giving personal “lessons” to living life. This, to be blunt, is a disgusting view to reading a book of a personal account of something so horrendous. This idea that the pain of people from another country—one destroyed by colonialism—should serve as soul-soothing lessons to Americans is simply disgusting. If you want lessons, read a fairytale. If you want to learn about someone’s life, read an autobiography. Behold the Dreamers is about Cameroonian immigrants trying to make it in the USA. I don’t want to spoil it, so discussing it is difficult. I enjoy that Mbue uses multiple points of view. This year. I’ve read several fictional books about immigration—Pachinko (about Koreans moving to Japan), The Wangs vs the World (China and Hong Kong to the USA), and I’m glad to add in this one. Similar to the others, Mbue intersperses people’s languages along with English (including pidgin English). #book #bookstagram @bookofthemonth #bookofthemonth #gaelfaye #gaëlfaye #clementinewamariya #imbolombue

[bibliobethblog]

Hello my little bookworm friends and welcome back for the start of a brand new week! Monday is one of my book haul days, I’m doing two a week at the moment until I start cracking the whip on how many books I’m buying 🥺😩😂 more on that in a future post! The First Woman looks incredible. It recently won the Jhalak prize 2021 and tells the story of Kirabo, the equivalent of Eve in Ugandan mythology. It involves one girl’s search for her mother, what it’s like to be a woman and the implications for her future. I’m hoping to read this with the lovely @emmasbookishcorner Pandora’s Jar is the latest nonfiction book from an author I’ve recently discovered and adored - Natalie Haynes when I read A Thousand Ships with the fantastic @keeperofpages recently. This does what it says on the tin, in other words Haynes explores women in Greek mythology. Finally, we have Behold The Dreamers which I hope to read with the fabulous @tarheelreader at some point (our list is quite long! 😂) It follows a man called Jende, a Cameroonian immigrant who moves to America to find a better life for himself and his family. He manages to get an excellent job but his employers have some troubling secrets. I’d love to know your thoughts on any of these books or authors. Have you read anything by these authors before? What did you think? Let’s have a chat in the comments and have a lovely week everyone! 🤗😘 #bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookhaul #bookhoarder #booksbooksbooks #itsnothoardingifitsbooks #paperbackbookhaul #thefirstwoman #jennifernansubugamakumbi #pandorasjarwomeningreekmyths #nataliehaynes #beholdthedreamers #imbolombue #ineededthesebooks https://www.instagram.com/p/CS7URGhg7su/?utm_medium=tumblr

[thewhimsybookworm]

Sunday-ing 🌧️📚💜📚🌧️ . . . #booksofinstagram #bookmark #bookish #bookphotography #bookgeek #bookgasm #booksbooksbooks #unitedbookstagram #bookstagramfeature #BeholdtheDreamers #literaryfiction #literature #ImboloMbue #warli #painting #art #sunday #sundayvibes #bookishfeatures #bookish #moodygrams

[msafiyathediva]

#Kindle! Behold my fellow #bookworms & #budgetnistas! #OprahsBookClub book #BeholdTheDreamers by #ImboloMbue is on #AmazonKindleBooks today for $2.99 & so is #TLC’s #TBoz’s Book #ASickLife (aka #TionneWatkins) And yes I know the public library is an even better deal but sometimes I like to own some books too! #happyreading #readingisfundamental #knowledgeispower

[room12tk]

Teachers on Summer Break/Day 11: Finished reading adult book club book for August. A moving tale about family, struggling to survive in a challenging economy, economic class differences, and achieving the "American Dream". Very relevant, I recommend it! #centralelementary #kindergartenteacher #iteachkindergarten #greatpublicschools #greatpublicschoolssandiego #greatpublicschoolscalifornia #lovesdschools #sdusd #sdcoe #cta #nea #teachlikeapirate #teachlikeyourhairsonfire #beholdthedreamers #imbolombue (at Palm Springs, California)