What We Ought to Do: The Song of Imbolo Mbue

by
Renée H. Shea
From the March/April 2021 issue of
Poets & Writers Magazine
2.17.21

In her second novel, How Beautiful We Were, Imbolo Mbue uses the chorus of voices in a small African village fighting for justice in the shadow of an American oil company to sing in celebration of community, connection, and enduring hope.