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The autobiography of an African princess /

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	The autobiography of an African princess /by Fatima Massaquoi ; edited with an introduction by Vivian Seton, Konrad Tuchscherer, and Arthur Abraham.
Author:	Massaquoi, Fatima,
other author:	Abraham, Arthur,
Description:	1 online resource.
Subject:	Vai (African people)Social life and customs20th century.
Subject:	LiberiaEconomic conditions.
Online resource:	https://link.springer.com/book/10.1057/9781137102508
ISBN:	1137102500 (electronic bk.)

The autobiography of an African princess /
Massaquoi, Fatima,1904?-1978,

The autobiography of an African princess /by Fatima Massaquoi ; edited with an introduction by Vivian Seton, Konrad Tuchscherer, and Arthur Abraham. - 1 online resource.

My birthplace, ethnicity and parents -- My birth and customs about childbirth in the Gallinas country -- Life and customs in the Bali (Bari) country of Sierra Leone -- Life and customs in the Vai country of Liberia -- On beauty and aspects of Vai social organization -- Life in Monrovia -- School begins at Julie C. Emery Hall -- More on life at the mission school -- I bid farewell to Liberia -- I arrive in Germany -- I meet a Nazi : and more on the work of the consulate-general -- Hard times, "isms" and school -- Christmas and school trips in Germany -- The "invincibles" and my departure for Switzerland -- L'ecole superieure et secondaire (Switzerland) and rough times on my return to Germany -- Departure for America -- Welcome for a "savage" at Lane College and death of Father -- The Fisk University saga -- Goodbye friends : you shall be hearing from me.

This critical edition of Princess Fatima Massaquoi's memoirs begins with her birth in southern Sierra Leone, continues through her childhood in Liberia, moves on to Hamburg, Germany, where she lived and experienced the rise of the Nazi movement, and ends with her life in the United States.

ISBN: 1137102500 (electronic bk.)

Source: 611299Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Personal Names:

686654
Massaquoi, Fatima,
1904?-1978.Subjects--Topical Terms:

686658
Vai (African people)
--Social life and customs--20th century.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

435596
Liberia
--Economic conditions.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DT630.5.V2 / M37 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 966.620049634092

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