A review by audreysova
Travelling While Black: Essays Inspired by a Life on the Move by Nanjala Nyabola

4.0

I had attended a virtual event where Nanjala spoke and I was so swept away be her insights that I was compelled to read her book. Admittedly, I thought that I was going to be getting a collection of essays and takeaways from the various places she traveled. And though she offers some commentary on place, I'm tempted to say the title here is a misnomer. She shares in her opening pages that she has been "a migrant, a tourist, and an expat, never a refugee or displaced person, but spending much of my career working with both." What follows then are stories that bring to life the politics and philosophy that she has developed through her work and experiences. It's an interesting read that would make for an even more interesting conversation and is sure to make you think.