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Description edit
As a five-year-old, George Alagiah emigrated with his family to Ghana—the first African country to attain independence from the British Empire. A Passage to Africa is Alagiah's shattering catalogue of atrocities crafted into a portrait of Africa that is infused with hope, insight, and... read more
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- Mobutu: Add a description of this character.
- Nelson Mandela
- Seth
- Frances
- Robert Mugabe
- Charles
- Yoweri Museveni
- Glenn
- Khethiwe
- Thabo Mbeki
- Anthony
- Kwame Nkrumah
- Mursal
- Yanai
- George
- Al Hassan
- Idi Amin
- Thando
- Madiba
- Hope
- Clyde
- Paul Kagame
- Desmond Tutu
- Kabila
- Mahe
- Lumumba
- Tony Blair
Setting & Locations edit
- South Africans
- Ghana
- Somalia
- Rwanda
- Zaire
- Zimbabwe
- Ceylon
- Kinshasa
- Uganda
- America
- Britain
- Mogadishu
- Europe
- Liberia
- Congo
- Kigali
- Johannesburg
- Goma
- Accra
- London
- Colombo
- India
- Ethiopia
- Kampala
- New York
- Sinhala
- Nigeria
- Kenya
- Nairobi
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Rome
- England
- Rhodesia
- Harare
- Washington
- Tanzania
- West Africa
- Seniveratne
- Usa
- Harlem
- Paris
- Mozambique
- Asia
- Lake Kivu
- Sierra Leone
First Sentence edit
Long, long before I came to know and love Africa as a place, I yearned for it as an idea.
Authors & Contributors edit
- George Alagiah (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 916.04329
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Africa › Ghana
- Books › Travel › Reference & Tips › Essays & Travelogues
- Books › Reference › Writing › Travel
- Books › History › Europe › England
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Professionals & Academics › Journalists
- Books › Travel › Africa
- Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Memoirs
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