The autobiography of an African princess / Fatima Massaquoi ; edited with an introduction by Vivian Seton, Konrad Tuchscherer, and Arthur Abraham.

By: Massaquoi, Fatima, 1904?-1978 [author.]Contributor(s): Seton, Vivian, 1950- [editor.] | Tuchscherer, Konrad, 1970- [editor.] | Abraham, Arthur, 1945- [editor.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013Description: 1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781137102508 (e-book)Subject(s): Massaquoi, Fatima, 1904?-1978 | Vai (African people) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century | Vai (African people) -- Germany -- Social conditions -- 20th century | Vai (African people) -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century | Liberia -- Social life and customs -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Autobiography of an African princess.DDC classification: 966.620049634092 LOC classification: DT630.5.V2 | M37 2013Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
My birthplace, ethnicity and parents -- My birth and customs about childbirth in the Gallinas country -- Life and customs in the Bali (Bari) country of Sierra Leone -- Life and customs in the Vai country of Liberia -- On beauty and aspects of Vai social organization -- Life in Monrovia -- School begins at Julie C. Emery Hall -- More on life at the mission school -- I bid farewell to Liberia -- I arrive in Germany -- I meet a Nazi - and more on the work of the consulate-general -- Hard times, "isms" and school -- Christmas and school trips in Germany -- The "invincibles" and my departure for Switzerland -- L'ecole superieure et secondaire (Switzerland) and rough times on my return to Germany -- Departure for America -- Welcome for a "savage" at Lane College and death of Father -- The Fisk University saga -- Goodbye friends - you shall be hearing from me.
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My birthplace, ethnicity and parents -- My birth and customs about childbirth in the Gallinas country -- Life and customs in the Bali (Bari) country of Sierra Leone -- Life and customs in the Vai country of Liberia -- On beauty and aspects of Vai social organization -- Life in Monrovia -- School begins at Julie C. Emery Hall -- More on life at the mission school -- I bid farewell to Liberia -- I arrive in Germany -- I meet a Nazi - and more on the work of the consulate-general -- Hard times, "isms" and school -- Christmas and school trips in Germany -- The "invincibles" and my departure for Switzerland -- L'ecole superieure et secondaire (Switzerland) and rough times on my return to Germany -- Departure for America -- Welcome for a "savage" at Lane College and death of Father -- The Fisk University saga -- Goodbye friends - you shall be hearing from me.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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