Black Gold of the Sun: Searching for Home in Africa and Beyond - Rilegato

Eshun, Ekow

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ISBN 10: 0375424180 ISBN 13: 9780375424182

Casa editrice: Pantheon, 2006

Riassunto

Intimate and beautifully written, Black Gold of the Sun is a compelling memoir that chronicles a man’s journey to his ancestral home and to the hidden keeps of his heritage.

In 2001, at the age of thirty-three, Ekow Eshun–born in London to African-born parents–embarks on a trip to Ghana in search of his roots, and in this rich narrative he evokes both the physical and emotional aspects of his travels. Eshun makes his way to Accra, Ghana’s cosmopolitan capital city; to the storied slave forts of Elmina; to the historic warrior kingdom of Asante. He reflects on earlier pilgrims who followed the same path–W. E. B. DuBois, Richard Wright, Malcolm X–and on the millions of slaves shipped to the West from the Ghanaian coast. He recalls the racially charged years of his youth, and he considers the paradoxes and possibilities in contemporary Britain for someone like himself. Finally, he uncovers a long-held secret about his lineage that will compel him to question everything he knows about himself and about where he comes from.

Written with exquisite particularity of place and mind, and with rare immediacy and candor, Black Gold of the Sun tells a story of identity, belonging, and unexpected hope.

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Recensione:

“Rich . . . Clear-eyed . . . Courageous . . . Achingly poignant, a story of semi-detachment, of fragmentation and duality, which must have been cathartic to write.”
–Margaret Busby, New Statesman

“An impressive debut . . . An unusual memoir in which the personal and the political are entwined with great skill.”
–Mark Sanderson, The Times


“An honest and moving journey . . . Ambitious in scope, impressive in execution, and wide in appeal, this is a beautifully written, intellectually vigorous study of belonging.”
–Diana Evans, The Independent

L'autore:

Ekow Eshun has been editor of the British men’s magazine Arena and is now artistic director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, where he lives. This is his first book.

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• Editore: Pantheon
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0375424180
• ISBN 13: 9780375424182
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 240