Becoming Ebony
Recapturing the celebratory voice of Africa in poems that are both contemporary and traditional, Liberian-born Patricia Jabbeh Wesley weaves lyrical storytelling with oral history and images of Africa and America, revealing powerful insights about the relationship between strength and tragedy--and finding reason to celebrate even in the presence of war, difficulties, and death. Rooted in myths that can be traced to the Grebo tradition, Becoming Ebony portrays Liberian-born Wesley's experiences of village talk and civil war as well as her experiences of the pain of her mother's death and the difficulties of rearing a family away from home in t…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8093-2517-7
- EAN: 9780809325177
- Produktnummer: 9986725
- Verlag: Southern Illinois Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
- Seitenangabe: 79 S.
- Masse: H23.2 cm x B15.3 cm x D0.8 cm 186 g
- Gewicht: 186
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