African Diaspora Reading Challenge

I was just checking out Terri's great book blog. She posted a great challenge! I will definitely be participating!!

Taken from Terri's blog...
The African diaspora speaks mainly to the dispersion of African descendants in the Americas and Europe due to the Atlantic slave trade. Yes, Africans were enslaved or migrants to other parts of the world but the term is usually in reference to the aforementioned areas. So, for this challenge, books read will be by Black authors and set in Africa, North America, South America, Central America, Caribbean Islands, and Europe. Yes, this is broad but it means the possibilities are endless. Hopefully, those who participate will gain more incite into the myriad of Black cultural experiences.

Now, for guidelines:

*This challenge will run from January 1, 2010-December 31, 2010

*Crossovers are allowed

*Fiction and nonfiction hard copies or e-books from any genre (no audio books)

*Participants should visit different geographical regions in their reading (i.e. not all African American or Afro-Brit or Haitian or any one group representing the diaspora)

*Levels of participation

Novice: commitment to read four (4) books

Versed: commitment to read eight (8) books

Scholar: commitment to read twelve (12) books

*If you need ideas, here's a list of authors and titles in the African diaspora.

*There will be a prize drawn amongst those who complete the challenge.

*I may host a mini challenge at some point as well and there would be a prize. Only challenge participants will be eligible.

So, if you're all to thrilled to join me, sign up below. Stay tuned for the post to submit links to your reviews. Grab a button (and save to your server). If you're on Twitter, we'll use this hashtag: #afrodiaspora. Make sure you follow that hashtag for updates and possible mini challenges.