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Paradise

The adventures of a 12-year-old African boy sold into slavery by his father to pay off a debt. The setting is East Africa, a place of trade caravans, tribal warfare and the beginnings of European colonization.

Main Author: Gurnah, Abdulrazak, 1948-
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton, [1994]
Physical Description: 246 pages ; 22 cm.
Subjects:
Enslaved children -- Africa, East -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Father and child -- Africa, East -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Slave trade -- Africa, East -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Colonies -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Africa, East -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Tanzania -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Africa -- Colonization -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.

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CMU Main Books 3rd Floor PR9399.9.G87 P37 1994 Available
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