The Actual True Story of Ahmed and Zarga
An epic story of a Bedouin family's survival and legacy amid their changing world in the unforgiving Sahara Desert. Ahmed is a camel herder, as his father was before him and as his young son Abdullahi will be after him. The days of Ahmed and the other families in their nomadic freeg are ruled by the rhythms of changing seasons, the needs of his beloved camel herd, and the rich legends and stories that link his life to centuries of tradition. But Ahmed's world is threatened-by the French colonizers just beyond the horizon, the urbanization of the modern world, and a drought more deadly than any his people have known. At first, Ahmed attempts t…
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Weitere Autoren: Siems, Larry
- ISBN: 978-0-8214-4730-7
- EAN: 9780821447307
- Produktnummer: 38058575
- Verlag: Ohio University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 176 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Mohamedou Ould Slahi is the son of a Mauritanian camel herder. Known internationally for his bestselling Guantänamo Diary, a searing memoir of the neocolonial hell of the United States's War on Terror, he returns to the world of his childhood in this poetic, intimate tale woven from the life and the stories of a culture on the brink of disappearing. Photo with Larry Siems courtesy the author.
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