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Category: Autobiography

  • Searching for Zion: The Quest for Home in the African Diaspora

    A decade in the making, Emily Raboteau’s “Searching for Zion” takes readers around the world on an unexpected adventure of faith. Both one woman’s quest for a place to call “home” and an investigation into a people’s search for the Promised Land, this landmark work of creative nonfiction is a trenchant inquiry into contemporary and…

  • Love Against the Law: The autobiographies of Tex and Nelly Camfoo

    Love Against the Law: The autobiographies of Tex and Nelly Camfoo Aboriginal Studies Press 2000 120 pages 240×170 mm ISBN 9780855753481 Tex Camfoo Nelly Camfoo Edited by: Gillian Cowlishaw During his life, Tex Camfoo has been classified as Aboriginal, half-caste and European. As a half-caste he could not legally associate with or marry an Aboriginal…

  • What My Mother Gave Me

    What My Mother Gave Me Mixed Dreams: towards a radical multiracial/ethnic movement 2012-09-27 Nicole Asong Nfonoyim “To lose your mother was to be denied your kin, country, and identity. To lose your mother was to forget your past.” —Dr. Saidiya Hartman I am the spitting image of my mother. Three years ago I learned the…

  • The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prizewinning Essays

    The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prizewinning Essays Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing 2012-05-15 220 pages 5 x 8 Paperback ISBN: 978-1-936214-71-6 Tara L. Masih, Writer & Editor Award-winning editor Tara L. Masih put out a call in 2007 for Intercultural Essays dealing with the subjects of “culture, race, and a sense of place.” The prizewinners are gathered for the…

  • Britain is now a better place to grow up mixed race. But don’t celebrate yet

    Britain is now a better place to grow up mixed race. But don’t celebrate yet The Guardian 2012-12-15 Lanre Bakare, The Guide’s Previews Editor Prejudices have receded significantly in the past 20 years, but a report out this week shows racist attitudes remain Growing up as a mixed race child, with a mother from Leeds…

  • Hapa: One Step at a Time [KQED Upcoming Broadcasts]

    Hapa: One Step at a Time [KQED Upcoming Broadcasts] KQED: Public Media for Northern California KQED World (Comcast 190, Digital 9.3) 2013-01-21, 07:30 and 13:30 PST (Local Time) Race remains a powerful symbol in the US; it still is a shorthand notation for most Americans. This program speaks to how individuals of Asian and Pacific…

  • Hapa: One Step at a Time

    Hapa: One Step at a Time Center for Asian American Media 2001 26 minutes DVD Midori Sperandeo, Producer KVIE-TV According to 2000 Census statistics, nearly 7 million Americans identify themselves as multi-racial, or ‘hapa.’ This engaging first-person documentary is about marathon runner and TV producer Midori Sperandeo’s struggles to come to terms with her hapa…

  • Under the Skin

    Under the Skin Finch Publishing August 2012 210 pages Paperback ISBN: 9781921462801 Marion van Dyk This beautifully written and evocative memoir is a fascinating insight into the lives of her family, living under apartheid, who struggled to create a sense of identity and personal worth. It’s a book of historical relevance in its revelations about…

  • Rose Hill: An Intermarriage before Its Time

    A riveting memoir of cultural crossfire

  • Bringing together our collective stories

    Bringing together our collective stories The African Courier: The International Magazine Published in Germany October/November 2012 Gyavira Lasana The second annual convention of the Black German Cultural Society of New Jersey took place at Barnard College in New York City recently. Our New York-based contributing editor Gyavira Lasana reports on the convention, which focused on…