6 books Barack Obama recommends reading this summer
For the first time since leaving office, Barack Obama is returning to Kenya and South Africa, where hell speak in remembrance of the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandelas birth, the former U.S. president wrote on Facebook on Friday.
As Obama prepares for his trip, he has compiled a list of books that celebrate the region and highlight a number of Africas best writers and thinkers. This is in addition to the list he released in June of five nonfiction titles hes currently enjoying.
If youre looking for a good book to dive into this weekend, here are the six books Obama recommends for summer reading.
Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiongo
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Return: Fathers, Sons and the Land in Between by Hisham Matar
The World As It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House by Ben Rhodes
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/13/barack-obamas-summer-reading-list.html
Ohiogal
(31,658 posts)for an intellectually curious and well-read President again!
Instead of the willfully ignorant fool we're stuck with.
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,433 posts)Instead of the willfully ignorant odious fool we're stuck with
o·di·ous
ˈōdēəs/Submit
adjective
extremely unpleasant; repulsive.
synonyms: revolting, repulsive, repellent, repugnant, disgusting, offensive, objectionable, vile, foul, abhorrent, loathsome, nauseating, sickening, hateful, detestable, execrable, abominable, monstrous, appalling, reprehensible, deplorable, insufferable, intolerable, despicable, contemptible, unspeakable, atrocious, awful, terrible, dreadful, frightful, obnoxious, unsavory, unpalatable, unpleasant, disagreeable, nasty, noisome, distasteful; More