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Welcome to the Nerdette Book Club! Each month, we read a book and chat about it with a rotating group of panelists. This month\u2019s pick is Maaza Mengiste\u2019s historical novel The Shadow King.

It\u2019s based on the true story of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in the mid-1930s. Against Italian Prime Minister Benito Musolinni\u2019s technologically-advanced army, the citizens of feudal Ethiopia didn\u2019t seem to have a chance. But they eventually overcame\u2014 and they had the help of a number of forgotten female fighters.

Listen along as Nerdette host Greta Johnsen discusses the book with Lydia Levy, founder of the African literature review website Omusana. She also has a doctorate in African Studies from Howard University.

And then get ready for next month\u2019s pick: Can\u2019t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation by Anne Helen Petersen.