Have you been to Jamaica?

I have and I loved it, the people there are so kind!  I know a lot about Haiti’s history, and I’ve spent a lot of time there, but I haven’t really looked into the history of the other Caribbean islands.

How to Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair was a fascinating book.  I genuinely didn’t understand that Rastafari was a religious and political movement with very strict rules.  I also didn’t realize it was the 1960s when Jamaica became independent from British rule.

“How to Say Babylon is Sinclair’s reckoning with the culture that initially nourished but ultimately sought to silence her; it is her reckoning with patriarchy and tradition, and the legacy of colonialism in Jamaica. Rich in lyricism and language only a poet could evoke, How to Say Babylon is both a universal story of a woman finding her own power and a unique glimpse into a rarefied world we may know how to name, Rastafari, but one we know little about.”

If you like memoirs, especially ones like Educated or Born a Crime, I loved both, you will want to pick up How to Say Babylon.

Thank you @simonbooks for this gifted copy!

How to Say Babylon was published in July and is available on our Amazon storefront!