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Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade (Paperback)

by Manu Herbstein (Author)
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  • Paperback: 464 pages
  • Publisher: E-Rights/E-Reads Ltd (31 Jul 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1585869325
  • ISBN-13: 978-1585869329
  • Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,022,865 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Africa Book Centre, London

A monumental work, epic in scope and design . . .a panoramic story, with vividly realised characters and heroic action.


HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW, May 2002

An engrossing and powerful story of a woman of courage, intelligence, and strength. India Edghill
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5.0 out of 5 stars Powerful story of man's inhumanity to woman, 31 May 2008
By Marshall Lord (Whitehaven, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: AMA: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade (Paperback)
Brings home the ugly reality of slavery without falling into the trap of romanticising any of the white or black societies who were responsible for treating anyone who looked different, or came from another tribe, or was female, like a thing to be exploited rather than a human being.

At the start of the book Nandzi, the heroine, is looking after her little brother and is complaining to herself about the daft and inconvenient marriage practices of her tribe. But then a raiding party from another tribe attacks her home and she soon has even more serious things to worry about.

Carried of as a slave, Nandzi is not even allowed to keep her name: the title of the book, Ama, is the first of the new names imposed on her by successive owners to suit their convenience. Nandzi is given the name Ama by an African princess to whom she is given as a present and who is one of the few owners who treats her with any decency or compassion. Later a Dutchman renames her Pamela.

The first 116 pages of the book tell the story of the rapes, beatings, and injustices inflicted on the heroine by her fellow africans, and her repeated narrow escapes from being murdered: the remainder of the book tells of the sexual abuse, beatings and injustice inflicted on her by white men after the regent of the African kingdom where she has been enslaved decides to sell her to the dutch.

But through her ordeals at the hands of successive slavers both white and black, Nandzi/Ama/Pamela retains her intelligence, courage, and a love of freedom.

A number of chapters in the book begin with short factual statements which are well chosen to illustrate how the crimes against humanity in the novel reflect those in real history.
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