Author: Ayesha Harruna Attah
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
ISBN: 1590519957
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Based on true events, a story of courage, forgiveness, love, and freedom in precolonial Ghana, told through the eyes of two women born to vastly different fates. Aminah lives an idyllic life until she is brutally separated from her home and forced on a journey that transforms her from a daydreamer into a resilient woman. Wurche, the willful daughter of a chief, is desperate to play an important role in her father's court. These two women's lives converge as infighting among Wurche's people threatens the region, during the height of the slave trade at the end of the nineteenth century. Through the experiences of Aminah and Wurche, The Hundred Wells of Salaga offers a remarkable view of slavery and how the scramble for Africa affected the lives of everyday people.
The Hundred Wells of Salaga
Author: Ayesha Harruna Attah
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
ISBN: 1590519957
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Based on true events, a story of courage, forgiveness, love, and freedom in precolonial Ghana, told through the eyes of two women born to vastly different fates. Aminah lives an idyllic life until she is brutally separated from her home and forced on a journey that transforms her from a daydreamer into a resilient woman. Wurche, the willful daughter of a chief, is desperate to play an important role in her father's court. These two women's lives converge as infighting among Wurche's people threatens the region, during the height of the slave trade at the end of the nineteenth century. Through the experiences of Aminah and Wurche, The Hundred Wells of Salaga offers a remarkable view of slavery and how the scramble for Africa affected the lives of everyday people.
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
ISBN: 1590519957
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 241
Book Description
Based on true events, a story of courage, forgiveness, love, and freedom in precolonial Ghana, told through the eyes of two women born to vastly different fates. Aminah lives an idyllic life until she is brutally separated from her home and forced on a journey that transforms her from a daydreamer into a resilient woman. Wurche, the willful daughter of a chief, is desperate to play an important role in her father's court. These two women's lives converge as infighting among Wurche's people threatens the region, during the height of the slave trade at the end of the nineteenth century. Through the experiences of Aminah and Wurche, The Hundred Wells of Salaga offers a remarkable view of slavery and how the scramble for Africa affected the lives of everyday people.
Bakhita
Author: Véronique Olmi
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
ISBN: 1590519787
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Inspired by the true story of a former slave who became a saint, this poignant novel explores how a human being can survive the obliteration of her identity, and how kindness and generosity can be born out of profound trauma. She recalls little of her childhood, not even her own name. She was barely seven years old when she was snatched by slave raiders from her village in the Darfur region of southern Sudan. In a cruel twist, they gave her the name that she will carry for the rest of her life: Bakhita, "the Lucky One" in Arabic. Sold and resold along the slave trade routes, Bakhita endures years of unspeakable abuse and terror. At age thirteen, at last, her life takes a turn when the Italian consul in Khartoum purchases her. A few years later, as chaos engulfs the capital, the consul returns to Italy, taking Bakhita with him. In this new land, another long and arduous journey begins--one that leads her onto a spiritual path for which she is still revered today. With rich, evocative language, Véronique Olmi immerses the reader in Bakhita's world--her unfathomable resilience, her stubborn desire to live, and her ability to turn toward the pain of others in spite of the terrible sufferings that she too must endure.
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
ISBN: 1590519787
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Inspired by the true story of a former slave who became a saint, this poignant novel explores how a human being can survive the obliteration of her identity, and how kindness and generosity can be born out of profound trauma. She recalls little of her childhood, not even her own name. She was barely seven years old when she was snatched by slave raiders from her village in the Darfur region of southern Sudan. In a cruel twist, they gave her the name that she will carry for the rest of her life: Bakhita, "the Lucky One" in Arabic. Sold and resold along the slave trade routes, Bakhita endures years of unspeakable abuse and terror. At age thirteen, at last, her life takes a turn when the Italian consul in Khartoum purchases her. A few years later, as chaos engulfs the capital, the consul returns to Italy, taking Bakhita with him. In this new land, another long and arduous journey begins--one that leads her onto a spiritual path for which she is still revered today. With rich, evocative language, Véronique Olmi immerses the reader in Bakhita's world--her unfathomable resilience, her stubborn desire to live, and her ability to turn toward the pain of others in spite of the terrible sufferings that she too must endure.
Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bills, Legislative
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
Report
Author: Commonwealth Shipping Committee
Publisher:
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Category : Shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 1006
Book Description
Departmental Reports
Author: Gold Coast
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ghana
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
Includes Report on the blue book and annual reports of various departments.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ghana
Languages : en
Pages : 754
Book Description
Includes Report on the blue book and annual reports of various departments.
Ufahamu
Author:
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 380
Book Description
Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
Author:
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Category : Tropical medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Tropical medicine
Languages : en
Pages : 980
Book Description
The London Gazette
Author:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1364
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1364
Book Description
Official Tourist Guide, Ghana
Author:
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Category : Ghana
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ghana
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
Reports of Investigations Into the Water Supplies of the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast
Author:
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Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water-supply
Languages : en
Pages : 118
Book Description