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Letter From America : Memoir of an Adopted Child

Author :  Gil Ndi-Shang

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Country
United States
Publisher
Spears Media Press LLC, Cameroon
ISBN 9781942876489
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2019
Bib. Info xviii, 234p. ; 229x152mm.
Product Weight 400 gms.
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Inspired by Alistair Cooke’s masterpiece “Letter from America” (1934-2004) that depicted the transformation of British culture in the United States of America, Ndi-Shang’s text redefines ‘America’, focusing on the melting pot engendered by African, indigenous, European and Asian cultures in Latin America through the case of Peru, the erstwhile epicentre of Spanish empire in Latin America. It is a reflection on the triangular relationship between Africa, Europe and America against the backdrop of slavery and (neo-) colonialism which continue to define intimate experiences, daily interactions, personal trajectories and human relations in a ‘globalized world’. Ndi-Shang probes into the legacies of racial inequalities but also the possibilities of a new ethic of encounter amongst human beings/cultures. The text is based on an intricate interweaving of the humorous with the tragic, the personal with the global, the historical with the current and the real with the creative.

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