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Category: Autobiography

  • 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…

  • Alien Citizen: An Earth Odyssey [solo show]

    Alien Citizen: An Earth Odyssey [solo show] USA Projects 2012 Elizabeth Liang Los Angeles Over the last two years, I’ve developed Alien Citizen (originally titled Unpacked) at the David Henry Hwang Writers Institute, Terrie Silverman’s “Start to Finish Solo-Show” Master Class, and on my own.  I performed segments of it at the “5,000 Women” Festival…