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The Old Drift
- A Novel
- By: Namwali Serpell
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh, Richard E. Grant, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
- Length: 24 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 304
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 271
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Story4 out of 5 stars 270
The year 1904. On the banks of the Zambezi River, a few miles from the majestic Victoria Falls, there is a colonial settlement called The Old Drift. In a smoky room at the hotel across the river, an Old Drifter named Percy M. Clark, foggy with fever, makes a mistake that entangles the fates of an Italian hotelier and an African busboy. This sets off a cycle of unwitting retribution between three Zambian families (black, white, brown) as they collide and converge over the course of the century, into the present and beyond.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A saga of Africa and African immigrants
- By Books on our Brains Society/ Barbara on 08-02-19
- The Old Drift
- A Novel
- By: Namwali Serpell
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh, Richard E. Grant, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
Afrofuturism meets familial tragedy
Reviewed: 04-29-19
This is a a great book. I listened to the audiobook and it was very entertaining and engaging. The story is complex and engaging. It intertwines Zambian history with three generations of three different families.
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