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Manu Herbstein

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	Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade 4.21 avg rating — 209 ratings — published 2000 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Brave Music of a Distant Drum 3.86 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Boy who Spat in Sargrenti's Eye 4.23 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade by Manu Herbstein (Goodreads Author), Matthew Kosloksi (Contributor) 4.16 avg rating — 32 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Feast, Famine & Potluck by Karen Jennings (Editor), Rachel Zadok (Goodreads Author) (curator/editor), Katherine Graham (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.35 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Akosua and Osman 3.18 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	President Michelle or Ten days that shook the world really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Ramseyer's Ghost by Manu Herbstein (2013-08-06) by Manu Herbstein (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“In 1891 the Brazilian Minister of Finance decreed the abolition of history; he ordered the destruction of every document which dealt in any way with slavery or the slave trade; a nation-wide burning of the books.”
― Manu Herbstein, Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade

tags: book-burning, brazil, government, slavery

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“What use is a good book...if you cannot share your pleasure in it with another?”
― Manu Herbstein, Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade

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“I am a human being; I am a woman; I am a black woman; I am an African. Once I was free; then I was captured and became a slave; but inside me, I have never been a slave; even today, inside me, here, and here, I am still a free woman.”
― Manu Herbstein, Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade

tags: feminism, humanity

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