A review by drnop
My Vanishing Country: A Memoir by Bakari Sellers

informative medium-paced

5.0

DeLana R. A. Cameron & Michael Harriott have birthed the idea to read every book written by an author from South Carolina. A Vanishing Country by Bakari Sellers has been on my shelf for a while. So, I read it. Much like Harriott, Sellers retold several stories I learned while growing up in rural South Carolina. The author set out to give his parents their flowers and did so by articulating their story as it related to his own. We will agree to disagree about the Lewis/Bonds election of 1986, but otherwise I’m grateful to draw the connections between those I love and Sellers’ circle. A shift is upon us and retelling the histories of our parents and grandparents is how we get to a brighter future.