Book Club: Kayla's Selection

This is a book overflowing with information about Africa and it's countries, tribes and people. The historical elements were eye-opening, however I also found them slightly mechanical and didn't incite as much emotional response in me as I was longing for. Kapuściński's intertwined anecdotes about his own experiences on the continent were both engaging and outrageous - easily the best part of the book. There was a bit of repetition throughout that irked me, and the structure of the narrative was slightly off balance but otherwise an incredibly informative read if you are interested in a brief overview of the exploitation of Africa and it's peoples.