User:ZMcCune (WMF)/Reading List
To build deeper historical, cultural, and social context around Global Audiences, I've been collecting a reading list. Suggestions come from friends, colleagues, community members, and regional experts. Feel free to add to the lists below if you know a title I should consider.
Notes:
- Some of these texts contain political analysis or critique. They are not included as expression of political position, but to deepen my understanding of the social landscape (and tensions) of these countries. Please add diverse political viewpoints to better showcase the range of perspectives.
- ✓ indicates I have read this text
- I will happily share/mail these books once complete to other readers. Just add a note to "✓" titles to request a book.
Nigeria[edit]
History & Culture[edit]
- Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles - Richard Dowden ✓
- The State of Africa - Martin Meredith ✓
- How to be Nigerian - Peter Enahoro ✓
Novels[edit]
- Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe ✓
- Everyday for the thief by Teju Cole ✓
- Okiojo's Chronicles (Graphic Novel Series)
Magazines[edit]
- OURS
- Issue 9 - 2015 ✓
- Issue 11 - 2016 ✓
India[edit]
History & Culture[edit]
- The Discovery of India - Jawaharlal Nehru
- Darsan: Seeing the Divine Image in India - Diana Eck
- The Clash Within: Democracy, Religion, and Violence in India - Martha C. Nussbaum
- The Hindus - Wendy Doniger
Novels[edit]
- River of Gods - Ian Macdonald
- The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
- Maximum City - Suketu Mehta
- Shantaram - Gregory David Roberts
- City of Djinns - William Dalrymple
- Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
- Siddhartha - Herman Hesse
- The God of Small Things - Arundhati Roy
- The Namesake - Jhumpa Lahiri
Poetry[edit]
Essays[edit]
- Martha Nussbaum on Modi
- Impasse in India - Pakaj Mishra
- From Venice to Varanasi - James Wood
- Hindutva or Hind Swaraj - U Ananthamurthy