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My Name is Bridget
human beings are worthy
2014 || Paperback || Ineke Bosman || Brave New Books
Bridget is a young Ghanaian woman born with cerebral palsy, a physical disability.
She had the fortune to survive because of her exceptional mother and grandpa in a village that thought of her as a worthless if not dangerous being.
Bridget, now 25 years old, looks back and still wonders if she is worthy of living the life of a normal human person...
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My name is bridget
2014 || Paperback || Ineke Bosman || Brave New Books || met inkijkexemplaar
The story of Bridget is about hope and will as well as luck. How many girls called Bridget survive after all? It is about love, the love of a mother and grandfather in a hostile society. It is most of all about the capacity to fight. Fight for the survival of a twitching baby who can neither suck nor crawl nor later walk. Fight for a person to be called human even if all the odds seem against it because of a traditional belief system.
Those around her in her local society mumble: Isn t sh...
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Road to Libya Boat to Italy
stories of ghanaian emigrants
2014 || Paperback || Ineke Bosman || Brave New Books
Truely amazing stories told by Ghanaian men who ventured over land or sea in search for a better future. They cross the Sahara desert to Libya where jobs are available if you accept the insults that go with them. Then on into shaky boats for Europe...
Stories by Ghanaian emigrants that you can feel in all their raw resiliance and beautiful sense of humor.