A Passage to Africa
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Book Info
Author
Alagiah, George
Word Count
76,000 words
based on page count
Pages
304 pages
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Edition Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition Publish Date
2002-01-01
Identifiers
ISBN-10: 0751532142
ISBN-13: 9780751532142
Description
As a five-year-old, George Alagiah emigrated with his family to Ghana—the first African country to attain independence from the British Empire. A Passage to Africa is Alagiah's shattering catalogue of atrocities crafted into a portrait of Africa that is infused with hope, insight, and outrage. In vivid and evocative prose and with a fine eye for detail, Alagiah's viewpoint is spiked with the freshness of the young George on his arrival in Ghana, the wonder with which he recounts his first impressions of Africa, and the affection with which he dresses his stories of his early family life. A sense of possibility lingers, even though the book is full of uncomfortable truths. It is a book neatly balanced on his integrity and sense of obligation in his role as a writer and reporter.
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