January Meeting: THAT HAIR

For January we'll be reading THAT HAIR by Djaimilia Pereira de Almeisa, translated by Eric M.B.Becker!

"That Hair is a family album of sorts that touches upon the universal subjects of racism, feminism, colonialism, immigration, identity and memory.

In layered and luscious prose, That Hair enriches and deepens a global conversation, challenging in necessary ways our understanding of racism, feminism and the double inheritance of colonialism not yet 50 years removed from Angola's Independence. It's the story of coming of age as a black woman in a nation at the edge of Europe that is also rapidly changing, of being considered an outsider in one's own country, and the impossibility of 'returning' to a Homeland one doesn't. in fact, know."

Please consider obtaining your copy from one of Madison's wonderful independent bookstores or from bookshop.org. There are also used copies available from several online retailers.