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Migrations of the Heart: An Autobiography
In her classic memoir, distinguished author, television executive, and activist Marita Golden beautifully recounts an astounding journey to Africa and back.
Marita Golden was raised in Washington, D.C., by a mother who was a cleaning woman and a father who was taxi-driver. For all their struggles, with life and each other, her parents instilled her with spirit and aspirati ...more
Marita Golden was raised in Washington, D.C., by a mother who was a cleaning woman and a father who was taxi-driver. For all their struggles, with life and each other, her parents instilled her with spirit and aspirati ...more
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240 pages
Published
January 4th 2005
by Anchor
(first published 1983)
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I loved this book! I read it ages ago - and while I don't remember WHY I liked it, I just know I did. I recall it being a compelling story of one young woman's personal journey of self understanding.
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Marita Golden tells her story of growing up in the 50s & 60s in the US, experiencing women's liberation and civil rights, only to be set back in time with her marriage to a Nigerian. With the move to Nigeria she discovers she loves her newly found personal freedoms as much as the traditions of her husband's country & family.
This book is amazing for anyone who is willing to read autobiographies and is interested in learning about another country. Marita Golden expresses her feelings about her new surroundings and love for Femi.
When I read this book in 1993, I had the wonderful, rare experience of reading a great book which paralleled my life at the time. I learned a lot about Nigerian culture through reading this.
great read for young black girls in search of themselves. i identified greatly with Marita's journey and self-realization.
I absolutely loved this book! It is a wonderful story about love, reality and human resolve. It is truly uplifting.
Touched my life at a significant time...
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Marita Golden (born April 28, 1950) is an award-winning novelist, nonfiction writer, distinguished teacher of writing and co-founder of the Hurston/Wright Foundation, a national organization that serves as a resource center for African-American writers.
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“To my father, who told me the stories that matter. To my mother, who taught me to remember them.”
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“We knew no one man had killed the prophet. Rather, the combined weight of racism and an absence of moral courage had crushed him. A constitution ignored, laws denied, these were the weapons. America pulled the trigger.”
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