Endangered Species - Softcover

Angela Barry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1900715716 ISBN 13: 9781900715713

Publisher: Peepal Tree Press, 2003

Synopsis

This practical and comprehensive guide provides an introduction to family historians to trace their ancestors in Hertfordshire. Every aspect of our ancestors' lives has been considered, from their birth and baptism to their death and burial. Examples of source material, together with photographs and drawings from the collections at Hertfordshire Archives & Local Studies, illustrate the text.

About this title

Synopsis:

Centred on Bermuda, but traversing America, London, the Gambia and the Cote d'lvoire, these stories explore both the ways in which differences of place, colour, class and culture divide people of the African diaspora, and also the ways in which aspects of their culture, such as food and music, make for a unity that is real, if submarine. And as Mame Koumba, pointing to his Black British grandchildren, tells Gambian Doudou, grieving for the loss of ancestral wholeness, 'They're not what you would have had in the Gambia. But they're what you have. And there's Africa in them all.' This is undoubtedly the most significant work of fiction to come out of Bermuda, giving a glimpse into a society which lies culturally somewhere between the USA, the Caribbean and its British colonial past. The stories also have a powerful sense of Atlantic connection in their linking of Bermuda, Africa, the UK, and the USA.

About the Author:

Angela is the recipient of a James Michener creative writing fellowship.

About this edition

• Publisher: Peepal Tree Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1900715716
• ISBN 13: 9781900715713
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 232