A review by girlnouns
Facing the Rising Sun: African Americans, Japan, and the Rise of Afro-Asian Solidarity by Gerald Horne

Hmm, I have mixed views on this book. My first impression is that I wish it went further in addressing the imperial practices of Japan toward Korea, China, and the Philippines. While I can see how Japan was fighting against Western imperialism in a way, Japan did occupy and further their form of imperialism in other countries. I appreciate that Horne states that solidarity movements were not based on the reality of race relations (or actual instances of liberation) and that activists didn't always act in progressive ways.

Purely a history book, with facts and actions listed one after the other. It gave me an insight into Afro-Asian solidarity that I didn't know about and also addressed the further tensions/solidarity that occurred later in the U.S.