'Black' is unique collection of 'Afropean' literature: 'African-Dutch authors are directly compared to black American writers.'

The book may be called 'Black', but the stories collected in it make it clear that there are as many shades of black, as white and everything in between. We, and by that I mean myself and my largely white network, just need to look more closely. And listen.
Take Olave Nduwanje's story, titled Imana Ikurinde (God save you), in the middle of the book. In it, the Burundian-Dutch author gives a colourful and hilarious account of a visit to her family in Burundi, where the reaction of the vad...