Memories of Sun : Stories of Africa and America

<p>What is it like to grow up in different parts of Africa today? </p><p>And what's it like to be a child of two cultures -- an American living in Africa, or an African living in America? </p><p> In South Africa visit the Bushman Farm, where a lonely girl meets a group of Bushmen who are making their living as a tourist attraction -- and finds friendship and family as she's never known them before. In Tanzania join an American family on an unforgettable safari whose highlights include a broken car, a camp of armed men, heat, tsetse flies, and laughter. In Los Angeles be surprised by what happens when a teenage veteran from war in Sierra Leone comes into conflict with a local gang leader.</p><p> Jane Kurtz, who is herself a child of two cultures -- Ethiopia and America -- has gathered a remarkable collection of voices. These twelve stories and three poems sing of Africa, of America, and of people changing, growing, crying, and laughing under the same sun.</p>

Twelve stories and three poems are compiled into an anthology with three distinct sections--Africa, Americans in Africa, and Africans in America--that captures the struggles and sacrifices of life as experienced by people on two totally different continents.

A collection of short stories and poems by authors from both continents about life in various African countries and some of the experiences and impressions of Americans in Africa and of Africans in America.

General

ISBN		9780060510503
Fiction/Non-Fiction		Fiction
Publisher		Amistad Pr
Pages		256
List Price		$15.99
Publication Date		01/01/2004
Release Status		Out of Stock Indefinitely
Format		Hardcover
Language		English
Measurements		Height: 10.25 Inches (US) Width: 6.5 Inches (US) Thickness: 0.75 Inches (US) Unit Weight: 1.1 Pounds (US)
Grade Range		4 - 6
Editor		Kurtz, Jane
Edition Number		1