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How to Say Babylon

A Memoir

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How to Say Babylon

Auteur(s): Safiya Sinclair
Narrateur(s): Safiya Sinclair
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 National Book Critics Circle Award Winner
A New York Times Notable Book
Best Book of the Year for The Washington Post* The New Yorker * Time * The Atlantic * Los Angeles Times * NPR * Harper’s Bazaar * Vulture * Town & Country * San Francisco Chronicle * Christian Science Monitor * Mother Jones * Barack Obama
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“Impossible to put down...Each lyrical line sings and soars, freeing the reader as it did the writer.” —People

With echoes of Educated and The Glass Castle, How to Say Babylon is a “lushly observed and keenly reflective chronicle” (The Washington Post), brilliantly recounting the author’s struggle to break free of her rigid religious upbringing and navigate the world on her own terms.

Throughout her childhood, Safiya Sinclair’s father, a volatile reggae musician and a militant adherent to a strict sect of Rastafari, was obsessed with the ever-present threat of the corrupting evils of the Western world outside their home, and worried that womanhood would make Safiya and her sisters morally weak and impure. For him, a woman’s highest virtue was her obedience.

Safiya’s extraordinary mother, though loyal to her father, gave her the one gift she knew would take Safiya beyond the stretch of beach and mountains in Jamaica their family called home: a world of books, knowledge, and education she conjured almost out of thin air. When she introduced Safiya to poetry, Safiya’s voice awakened. As she watched her mother struggle voicelessly for years under relentless domesticity, Safiya’s rebellion against her father’s rules set her on an inevitable collision course with him. Her education became the sharp tool to hone her own poetic voice and carve her path to liberation. Rich in emotion and page-turning drama, How to Say Babylon is “a melodious wave of memories” of a woman finding her own power (NPR). Questions de genre Sciences sociales Mémoires Caraïbes

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"Author/narrator Safiya Sinclair emphasizes the poetry of her words as she narrates her memoir. Her soft Jamaican accent sounds like gentle waves. Sinclair begins by defining “Babylon,” the term that Rastafarians coined to refer to the corrupting influences of Western culture—white oppression, in particular. Her father, a musician, became a strict Rastafarian who expected women to obey the men in their lives. Early chapters describe growing up in a close-knit Jamaican family. When Sinclair reaches puberty, her rageful father turns on her and rains down abuse. She describes her terror as his beatings become a constant threat. The memoir’s throughlines are Sinclair’s depictions of her mother’s gentle love, her siblings’ tenderness, her own determination, and the poetry that grew within her."
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Liked the story and felt I learned a lot. Difficult to listen too at times but overall good book

What is means to be Rastafarian

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"How to Say Babylon" by Safiya Sinclair is a lyrical masterpiece that left me in awe. Sinclair’s diction, her voice, her poetry—it all comes together in a symphony of powerful storytelling. Her vivid descriptions brought to life the complexities of being raised by a strict and, at times, absolutely impossible Rastafari father. The beauty of her words contrasted against the harshness of her experiences, creating a narrative that is both heart-wrenching and illuminating.

Listening on Audible added another layer of intimacy, as her voice carried the rhythm and weight of her story.

This book is a deeply moving memoir that lingers long after the final page. Highly recommended!

Awestruck

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This read was extremely forceful bringing light to the beauty of Jamaica, the dynamic of love vs nurture, and the value of unbreakable bonds.
Beautifully written, I felt every word..

I too am woman

Beautiful Passion & Power

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