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I ran across this article, " A Travel Ban Reading List: 50+ Books to Broaden Your Horizons", and I think that Pen America is spot on. We need to continue to learn about other places and cultures. Below are a few of the titles on that list to get you started.
Afghanistan And The Afghan Diaspora
Sea Prayer by Khaled Hosseini
Myanmar And The Burmese Diaspora
Names for Light by Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint
The Republic Of Congo And The Congolese Diaspora
Black Moses by Alain Mabanckou
Equatorial Guinea And The Equatorial Guinean Diaspora
La Bastarda by Trifonia Melibea Obono, Lawrence Schimel
Eritrea And The Eritrean Diaspora
The Seers by Sulaiman Addonia
Haiti And The Haitian Diaspora
We're Alone by Edwidge Danticat
Iran And The Iranian Diaspora
The Ungrateful Refugee by Dina Nayeri
Libya And The Libyan Diaspora
My Friends by Hisham Matar
Somalia And The Somalian Diaspora
The Practice, the Horizon, and the Chain by Sofia Samatar
Sudan And The Sudanese Diaspora
Bright Red Fruit by Safia Elhillo
Yemen And The Yemeni Diaspora
The Wild Fox of Yemen by Threa Almontaser
Burundi And The Burundian Diaspora
The Tears of a Man Flow Inward by Pacifique Irankunda
Cuba And The Cuban Diaspora
My Mother in Havana by Rebe Huntman
Laos And The Laotian Diaspora
How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
Sierra Leone And The Sierra Leonean Diaspora
The Gilded Ones by Namina Forna
Venezuela And The Venezuelan Diaspora
No Place to Bury the Dead by Karina Sainz Borgo, Elizabeth Bryer