A review by thatothernigeriangirl
First, They Erased Our Name: a Rohingya speaks by Habiburahman, Sophie Ansel, Andrea Reece

emotional informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

4.0

I learnt a lot more about the Rohingya people. I used to think that their persecution was solely because of their religion (Islam) but quickly learnt that there is a terrible element of race attached to it. The Rohingya are dark skinned as such horrible words (similar to the n-word) used to describe them features a lot in this book.

It was both eye-opening and unsurprising to find out that the Rohingya’s dark skins and dark hairs fuels the hatred and suffering they’ve had to live with. Glad Habiburahman got to tell his story and by extension, the story of his people.