This book isn’t set in France’s national borders but rather in the French colony of Martinique. One of the burning geopolitical questions of the last 500 years is the relationship of current and former colonies to the nation that colonized them. Colonies will never be what they were before the takeover, but what will they… [Read More]
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India: A River Sutra
A River Sutra was published in 1993. The novel is a series of tales told to the main character, a retirement government official who operates a guesthouse along the Narmada River. This position allows him to meet monks, musicians, and merchants who have storied to tell about their lives and about what brought them to… [Read More]
Ghana: Ghana Must Go (the other novel)
When I did my reading around Africa project a few years back, I read a novel called Ghana Must Go. Now, I’m plugging away on my reading around the world project, and I finished another novel called Ghana Must Go. The title of both refers to the 1983 expulsion of Ghanaian migrants from Nigeria. Many… [Read More]
Morocco: Bank Al-Maghrib Museum
Morocco’s central bank has a museum in Rabat, the nation’s capital, and it is worth a visit. The collection and exhibits are a mix of economic history, numismatics, and works by Moroccan artists. The Bank al-Maghrib Museum also hosts public performances and corporate events. (Maghrib, which means “west” or “sunset”, is the Arabic name for… [Read More]
New Orleans: Museum of Trade, Finance, and the Fed
In many cities in the US, you can visit a fun and free museum about money at the local branch of the Federal Reserve Bank. I recently visited the New Orleans Museum of Trade, Finance, and the Fed, and I can vouch for it. Located at the New Orleans branch of the Atlanta Fed, the… [Read More]
