then there's the people

who tell you all the books they love about Africa. Books by:

Karen Blixen.
Kuki Gallman.
Alexandra Fuller.
Paul Theroux.
Wilfred Thesiger.
Alexander McCall Smith.

I'm trying to compile a parallel list to reel off at parties - favourite books about America, written only by non-white, non-American, non-resident writers.

While I'm at it, I'm also working on a little spiel about the word expatriate. Which means: white person in the global South. I've never been considered an expatriate in Europe or America. Brown, black, yellow people are immigrants. Everyone knows the difference.