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Thousand Sisters: My Journey Into the Worst Place on Earth to Be a Woman, A by Lisa J. Shannon
4.0
Once again I forgot why I put this on my to-read shelf, so when I requested it I was curious where the worst place was to be a woman. I was thinking Afghanistan or Yemen, but, no, Congo. Which ... is a pretty terrible place to be female, yeah. And the whole situation, ugh.
And so, one woman did something. Which, you know, is cool. This is more about that but gets into a lot of the political history of why and what (although I hope the phrase "Africa's World War" never catches on, ugh).
She also goes to Congo, so it's not just a story of a woman in Portland. It's an interesting comparison to the old colonial image of Africa that still somehow lingers in my mental image of Africa...and I've been there.
Despite the awful misery, it was told in a very readable, relatable way, which seems like a sort of weird thing to say, but there it is. Recommended (and read [b:King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa|347610|King Leopold's Ghost A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa|Adam Hochschild|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348621563s/347610.jpg|937922] for more background. And, umm, awfulness.)
And so, one woman did something. Which, you know, is cool. This is more about that but gets into a lot of the political history of why and what (although I hope the phrase "Africa's World War" never catches on, ugh).
She also goes to Congo, so it's not just a story of a woman in Portland. It's an interesting comparison to the old colonial image of Africa that still somehow lingers in my mental image of Africa...and I've been there.
Despite the awful misery, it was told in a very readable, relatable way, which seems like a sort of weird thing to say, but there it is. Recommended (and read [b:King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa|347610|King Leopold's Ghost A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa|Adam Hochschild|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348621563s/347610.jpg|937922] for more background. And, umm, awfulness.)