A review by emilyusuallyreading
We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo
5.0
I loved this one and absolutely could not put it down. I read We Need New Names on my flights to Nairobi from DFW, and it was a brilliant read.
Bulawayo speaks from understanding and experience. She's had the eyes of the little kid running around in Africa, dealing with NGOs. She knows the fear and adjustment of being an immigrant - and in this book's case, an illegal immigrant. She knows what it means to belong in multiple countries at once, and the choruses throughout the chapters echo that.
Everyone working with international groups should read this one.
Bulawayo speaks from understanding and experience. She's had the eyes of the little kid running around in Africa, dealing with NGOs. She knows the fear and adjustment of being an immigrant - and in this book's case, an illegal immigrant. She knows what it means to belong in multiple countries at once, and the choruses throughout the chapters echo that.
Everyone working with international groups should read this one.