Manu Herbstein
Auteur de Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade
Œuvres de Manu Herbstein
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Herbstein, Manu
- Nom légal
- Herbstein, Moritz Isaac
- Autres noms
- Manu
- Date de naissance
- 1936-03-10
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- South Africa
Ghana - Pays (pour la carte)
- Ghana
- Lieu de naissance
- Muizenberg, South Africa
- Lieux de résidence
- Muizenberg, Western Cape, South Africa
Mumbai, India
Accra, Ghana - Études
- University of Cape Town
- Professions
- Author
Retired Civil Engineer - Organisations
- Anti-Apartheid Movement
- Prix et distinctions
- Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book (2002)
- Agent
- Richard Curtis
Membres
Critiques
Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade par Manu Herbstein
This book is meticulously researched and full of historical details with resonance for the story. I learned a great deal about the circumstances of the slave trade and the varying circumstances of slaves from different regions and tribes. The book requires fairly slow, careful reading, but definitely rewards the patient reader.
A slave story. Violent and sad. Told by a slave mother to her son who she had not seen for many years.
from the back cover:
BRAVE MUSIC
OF A
DISTANT
DRUM
A
ma is a slave. She is old and dying and has an incredible story to tell. It is about violence and heartache, but it is also a story of courage, hope, determination, and ultimately, love. Since Ama is blind, she cannot write down her story for future generations. Instead, she summons the son from whom she has been long separated. At first he thinks she’s old and tiresome. But as Ama’s astonishing journey unfolds in her own words, his world changes forever, until he can never see it with the same eyes again.
Nor will those who read Ama’s story.
MANU HERBSTEIN is the Ghanaian/South African author of Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade which won the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. Brave Music of a Distant Drum makes fresh use of his original research material for a younger, North American audience.… (plus d'informations)
BRAVE MUSIC
OF A
DISTANT
DRUM
A
ma is a slave. She is old and dying and has an incredible story to tell. It is about violence and heartache, but it is also a story of courage, hope, determination, and ultimately, love. Since Ama is blind, she cannot write down her story for future generations. Instead, she summons the son from whom she has been long separated. At first he thinks she’s old and tiresome. But as Ama’s astonishing journey unfolds in her own words, his world changes forever, until he can never see it with the same eyes again.
Nor will those who read Ama’s story.
MANU HERBSTEIN is the Ghanaian/South African author of Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade which won the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. Brave Music of a Distant Drum makes fresh use of his original research material for a younger, North American audience.… (plus d'informations)
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Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 6
- Membres
- 49
- Popularité
- #320,875
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 14
