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Black Ghosts: Encounters With the Africans Changing China by Noo Saro-Wiwa

informative medium-paced

4.0

Black ghosts was a fascinating account of Noo Saro-Wiwa’s travels in China. As a black (Nigerian) British woman she explores the African  communities living in China, how this diaspora came to be, the relationship between the Chinese and various African nation governments, the implications of the cheap imports of Chinese goods into Africa. She mixes personal observations, and interviews with the people she encounters. These people vary so wildly in their backgrounds and reasons for being. 
Overall this was an interesting read that opened my eyes to perspectives that I hadn’t come across before. I spent a lot of time googling along side reading to visualise places within China or to broaden my knowledge on a historical fact that was mentioned. Exactly what I like from my non-fiction reading 😊