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Black Girl from Pyongyang

Monica Macias
3.73/5 (250 ratings)
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In 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was transplanted from West Africa to the unfamiliar surroundings of North Korea. She was sent by her father Francisco, the first president of post-Independence Equatorial Guinea, to be educated under the guardianship of his ally, Kim Il Sung.

Within months, her father was executed in a military coup; her mother became unreachable. Effectively orphaned, she and two siblings had to make their life in Pyongyang. At military boarding school, Monica learned to mix with older children, speak fluent Korean and handle weapons on training exercises.

After university, she went in search of her roots, passing through Beijing, Seoul, Madrid, Guinea, New York and finally London – forced at every step to reckon with damning perceptions of her adoptive homeland. Optimistic yet unflinching, Monica’s astonishing and unique story challenges us to see the world through different eyes.
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
304 pages
Publication:
2023
Publisher:
Duckworth Books
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0715654306
ISBN13:
9780715654309
kindle Asin:
B0BBC8SXCS

Black Girl from Pyongyang

Monica Macias
3.73/5 (250 ratings)
Read Download
In 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was transplanted from West Africa to the unfamiliar surroundings of North Korea. She was sent by her father Francisco, the first president of post-Independence Equatorial Guinea, to be educated under the guardianship of his ally, Kim Il Sung.

Within months, her father was executed in a military coup; her mother became unreachable. Effectively orphaned, she and two siblings had to make their life in Pyongyang. At military boarding school, Monica learned to mix with older children, speak fluent Korean and handle weapons on training exercises.

After university, she went in search of her roots, passing through Beijing, Seoul, Madrid, Guinea, New York and finally London – forced at every step to reckon with damning perceptions of her adoptive homeland. Optimistic yet unflinching, Monica’s astonishing and unique story challenges us to see the world through different eyes.
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
304 pages
Publication:
2023
Publisher:
Duckworth Books
Edition:
Language:
eng
ISBN10:
0715654306
ISBN13:
9780715654309
kindle Asin:
B0BBC8SXCS

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