ARGONAUT BOOKS

Simultaneously capacious and personal, this achieves what might have been thought impossible: to give the reader 500,000 years of history, spanning an entire continent, without ever becoming reductive. A masterful achievementTom HollandLeaps nimbly between past and present . . . The juxtaposition of modern and ancient is bracing and fun . . . Idiosyncratic, surprising, brilliantSpectatorA sweeping, eclectic trip across time and space . . . A stirring, optimistic portrait of African identities and meaning making, past and presentKirkusElegant and powerful, Pepera's magnificent book elevates our...Read More