A review by drdreuh
The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief by V.S. Naipaul

2.0

I wavered between serious offense and mild curiosity of a perspective I've never read before. From east to west to south, this Nobel Laureate seems to find nothing of value in modern Africa. 'Masque' reads like a book of short stories. Naipaul's "glimpses"-although evocatively capturing some aspects of modern African life and facets of familiar people I had not seen before-are not worth wading through the thick air of condescension.