The Third Perspective: Brave Expression in the Age of Intolerance

AMAZON BEST BOOK OF MAY 2024

In our deeply divided, binary world, honest discussion is stressful for all sides. International thought leader Africa Brooke says there is another way: the Third Perspective.

In this manifesto, Africa teaches us how to return to critical thinking and reduce societal divides by opening our minds and being more self-questioning in difficult discussions. This book will help you figure out what you truly believe--as opposed to parroting or having knee-jerk reactions in conversation. You’ll learn to share your views, hear theirs, make a point you feel must be made, and try to find common ground without self-censorship or self-sabotage.

This personal guide helps readers move away from rigid thinking, allowing them to enter any potentially difficult discussion about politics, work, personal responsibility, race, sex, gender, religion -- whatever the subject -- while maintaining integrity, authenticity, and openness, and successfully expressing opinions while listening to contrary points of view.

Africa has built a successful business coaching an exclusive roster of high-profile clients seeking to handle themselves in the public eye. The tools offered in The Third Perspective have been honed over years of that experience: hers is a proven system that works. She offers readers a new path for communication, and because communication is everything, critical to building trust and fruitful relationships, a life transforming experience.

Africa Brooke’s framework has three pillars--Awareness, Responsibility, and Expression--that ask: what is stopping you from speaking your mind, what do you stand for, what are you willing to risk?

Africa Brooke is a Zimbabwean born, internationally recognised consultant, accredited coach, speaker, and podcaster. A seasoned entrepreneur - she’s the Founder and CEO of Africa Brooke International, a consulting and coaching firm providing ongoing support for public figures, teams, and individuals struggling with personal and professional manifestations of self-sabotage and self-censorship. These clients, who are often high-profile individuals, are closely supported using the tools described in The Third Perspective.

Alongside hosting a weekly personal development and philosophy podcast (Beyond the Self) which has amassed over 600,000 downloads to date, she has a highly engaged following of more than 350,000 people, across all digital platforms (mostly Instagram). Africa is widely known for publishing a viral 4000-word open letter in January 2021 titled ’Why I’m leaving the cult of wokeness’. Although initially sent to a modest email list, the positively received letter has now been read and shared organically by more than 14 million people globally.

As a professional public speaker, she’s been a featured guest on ITV, BBC Radio One, BBC Radio 4, BBC Sounds, and has delivered one of her signature keynotes at the prestigious Cambridge University. She’s written for mainstream publications such as The Guardian and has also appeared on a plethora of notable podcasts including Steven Bartlett’s Diary of a CEO, Almost 30, The Jordan B Peterson Podcast (16 million combined social media followers), Emma Gannon’s Ctrl Alt Delete, The Coleman Hughes Podcast, Dhru Purohit Podcast, and The Conversation with Amanda de Cadenet.