Black Ghosts

Noo Saro-Wiwa

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A Journey Into the Lives of Africans in China

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Publisher:: Canongate Books Ltd., 01/2025
Binding:: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Language:: Englisch
ISBN-13:: 9781838856977
Item number:: 11763008
Volume:: 247 Pages
Ausgabe:: Main
Weight:: 180 g
Format:: 198 x 129 mm
Thickness:: 15 mm
Release date:: 2.1.2025
Note: Caution: Product is not in German language

Blurb

EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER 2025
A FINANCIAL TIMESBOOK OF THE YEAR 2023: TRAVEL

China today is a land of opportunity for African people blocked from commerce with most of Europe and Northern America. It is also an intersection of racism and prejudice.

Noo Saro-Wiwa goes in search of China's 'Black Ghosts', African economic migrants in the People's Republic. Living in clustered communities, they are key to the trade between the continents. Her fascinating encounters include a cardiac surgeon, a drug dealer, a visa overstayer and men married to Chinese women who speak English with Nigerian accents. This is a story of intersecting cultures told with candour and compassion, focusing on the shared humanity between the sojourner and their hosts.