Foreign Media Experiences in 2017

I once again got to experience a lot of media from other countries in 2017. I'm really liking this challenge, though in the future, I will make sure to allot more time to reading other recommended books. (Ready, Player One, I'm talking to you.)

This year I feel like I learned the most about Ghana and Easter Island (part of Chile), plus a little about two countries of which I was previously almost completely ignorant (Luxembourg and Kiribati). And I experienced a lot more from Asian countries than usual this time rather than focusing on European countries like I like to.

Below is a summary of the books, movies, and wikipedia articles by area. (I've left out all of the other articles and most of the little videos.) For some countries, I want to make sure to read things from different parts of the country, so sometimes I've separated some of those parts. I've added an asterisk to the books and movies I really liked. I don't think I really loved anything but "The Big Sick." And that's not even set in a foreign country, but you still do get to learn a bit about one.

Africa - 9 books
* Botswana - 1 fiction (Kalahari*)
* Ghana - 3 fiction (all Inspector Darko Dawson mysteries*)
* Nigeria - 3 fiction (Return to Laughter: An Anthropological Novel, The Joys of Motherhood, Akata Witch)
* South Africa - 1 fiction (Cry, the Beloved Country*)
* Sudan - 1 fiction (A Long Walk to Water)

Asia - 16 books, 4 movies
* Afghanistan - 1 nonfiction (We Are Afghan Women: Voices of Hope*)
* Bangladesh - 1 fiction (Bright Lines*)
* China, mainland - 1 nonfiction (People's Republic of China*), 5 fiction (Mrs. Pollifax on the China Station and 4 Inspector Chen novels*)
* China, Hong Kong - 1 fiction (Mrs. Pollifax and the Hong Kong Buddha), 1 movie ("House of the 72 Tenants")
* India - 1 fiction (Inspector Ghote's First Case)
* Iran - 1 fiction (Together Tea*), 1 movie ("A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night")
* Israel - 1 nonfiction (Sharon and My Mother-in Law: Ramallah Diaries)
* Korea, South - 1 fiction (When My Name Was Keoko*)
* Pakistan - 1 movie ("The Big Sick"*)
* The Philippines - 1 nonfiction (The Philippines*)
* Russia - 1 movie ("Transsiberian")
* Syria - 1 fiction (Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled)
* Turkey - 1 fiction (The Amazing Mrs. Pollifax*)
* Yemen - 1 short video ("The Causes of Cholera"*)

Europe - 7 books, 2 movies, other stuff
* Bulgaria - 1 fiction (The Elusive Mrs. Pollifax*)
* Germany - 1 movie ("Atomic Blonde")
* Ireland - 2 fiction (The Celtic Riddle, The Ballroom on Magnolia Street)
* Luxemburg - wikipedia article*, 1 animated short ("Mr Hublot"*)
* Norway - 2 fiction (Dina's Book: A Novel, Police)
* Spain - 1 nonfiction (Homage to Catalonia*)
* Sweden - 1 fiction (The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared*)
* United Kingdom, Scotland - 1 TV show (about half of Season 1 of "Outlander")
* United Kingdom, Wales - 1 movie ("Miss Perigrine's Home for Peculiar Children")

North America - 6 books, 3 movies
* Canada - 2 nonfiction (Canada*, A New Kind of Country), 3 movies ("Bon Cop Bad Cop,"* "Bon Cop Bad Cop 2," "What If?"), 1 video ("The True Cost of Oil")
* Costa Rica - 3 nonfiction (Costa Rica* x 3)
* Mexico - 1 fiction (And Then You Die)

Oceana - 1 book, 4 movies
* Australia - 4 movies ("Flirting," "The Rover," "Mystery Road," "Goldstone"
* Kiribati - wikipedia article*
* New Zealand - 1 nonfiction (New Zealand*)

South America - 8 books
* Brazil - 1 fiction (Origin*)
* Chile, Easter Island - 2 nonfiction (Easter Island x 2), 1 fiction (The Moai Murders)
* Ecuador - 1 nonfiction (The Waorani: People of the Ecuadorian Rain Forest)
* Peru - 1 nonfiction (The Lost City of the Incas), 1 fiction (The Moche Warrior)
* Uruguay - 1 fiction (Lands of Memory)

Let me know if you'd like more information on any of these works.