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Description
"There I was, standing alone, unable to cry as I said goodbye to Sidimé Laye, my best friend, and to the revolution that had opened the door of modernity for me--the revolution that had invented me." This book gives us the story of a quest for a childhood friend, for the past and present, and... read more
First Sentence
In January 1996, thirty-two years after my parents and I had been expelled from our home in Kankan, I returned to Guinea to begin research for a film documentary on the country's former president, Sekou Toure.
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Authors & Contributors
- Manthia Diawara (Author)
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