'Captain tell me one thing: why aren't all the poor foot-pads?' Seeking critical accounts of #imperialism and #whiteness as produced in late C19 literature, I had somehow missed Stevenson. The Beach at Falesá, 1892 and The Ebb-Tide, 1893 are extraordinary and surprising tales, which went against what his public expected and were rarely read much until Penguin republished them in 1979, edited by Jenni Calder. readers of #Conrad or #OliveSchreiner -- read these! #RLStevenson #ScottishLiterature

Each year I aim to read more writing from Africa; mostly catching up. Here's a selection of 100 books from 2020, of which I have read #TsitsiDangarembga's Black and Female. The ones I caught up on were #OliveSchreiner - Undine, 1929 written 1870s, also Jade Munslow Ong's book on her; #ZoëWicomb - Stlll Life, 2020 (with this #MaryPrince - History of Mary Prince, 1831); Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o - Petals of Blood, 1977; #SolPlaatje, Mhudi, 1930. #AfricanLiterature https://brittlepaper.com/100-notable-african-books-of-2022/