Abducted from Africa as a child and enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom and of the knowledge she needs to get home. Sold to an indigo trader who recognizes her intelligence, Aminata is torn from her husband and child and thrown into the chaos of the Revolutionary War. I[...]
Kidnapped as a child from Africa, Aminata Diallo is enslaved in South Carolina but escapes during the chaos of the Revolutionary War. In Manhattan she becomes a scribe for the British, recording the names of blacks who have served the King and earned freedom in Nova Scotia. But the hardship and prej[...]
Abducted from her West African village at the age of eleven and sold as a slave in the American South, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom - and of finding her way home again. After escaping the plantation, torn from her husband and child, she passes through Manhattan in the chaos of the Revolutio[...]
Noen kjenner mitt navn er en storslagen historisk roman som spenner over tre kontinenter og to århundrer. Men denne prisbelønte boken er fremfor alt en hjerteskjærende beretning om livet til Aminata Diallo, en elleve år gammel jente som blir bortført fra sin landsby i Vest-Afrika og tvunget om [...]