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Title: My Heart Will Cross This Ocean: My Story, My Son, Amadou by Kadiatou Diallo, Craig Thomas Wolff ISBN: 0-345-45600-9 Publisher: One World Pub. Date: 13 May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Mother¿s Story
Comment: MY HEART WILL CROSS THIS OCEAN is Kadiatou Diallo's story. In her memoir, she rejects the label of herself as the bereaved mother of her slain son, Amadou Diallo and defines herself as a woman of courage who triumphs over adversity. She shares her life and history in vibrant, lyrical detail. As I read her
words, I felt like she spoke them to me and I was lulled into a comfortable trance by what felt like her soothing Guinean dialect.
Ms. Diallo shares her humble beginnings as a child in Guinea, Africa and gives a picture of her family and the political climate of that region at the time. By telling her story, she tells Amadou's story. Despite the rich cultural text and vivid detail of her youth and growth into womanhood, I read with
baited breath because I knew eventually the story would arrive at February 3, 1999. The day that her courage and strength would be thoroughly tested.
MY HEART WILL CROSS THIS OCEAN is a mother's story, it is poignant and filled with cultural details. It movingly chronicles the life of Kadiatou Diallo, a woman who should not be pitied, but heralded for her courage and honesty in this portrayal.
Reviewed by Diane Marbury (HonestD)
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers
Rating: 5
Summary: Very Moving
Comment: Kadiatou's book takes the reader behind all the headlines and really allows them to truly be part of Amadou's family and life. His and Kadiatou's story is fascinating and well worth reading even if Amadou was still with us due to the rich descriptions of life in Africa and Asia. This book is even more of a "Must Read" due to the tragic ending of Amadou's life as it humanizes him who could have been part of any of our families.
Rating: 5
Summary: 41 Shots
Comment: A lot of folks like the Bruce Springsteen song "41 shots" but have no idea what it is about. It is about Amadou Diallo, a young man from Guinea who was shot that many times (long after he was "down") by NYPD when he went for his wallet to provide identification to them. They say they thought he was going for a weapon.
This book is heartbreaking and heartwarming, written by his mother with sentiments only a mother could feel and only Ms. Diallo could express. She was recently interviewed on Pacifica radio and I was impressed with her articulate and thoughtful responses to the questions asked her after the settlement she had recieved from the City of NY.
Amadou was not a gangbanger or punk. He was a hardworking, thoughtful and intelligent man with a tightly knit family who loved him and wanted him to succeed in the "Land of Oz" like so many others, like my own forefathers who came from Europe. I wonder if this "murder by cop" would have occurred if he were caucasian.
I'm hoping that those 41 shots will again be heard around the world in the voice of his mother. Shame (again) on the NYPD.
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Title: We Won't Budge: An African Exile in the World by Manthia Diawara ISBN: 0465017096 Publisher: Basic Civitas Books Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Somebody's Someone : A Memoir by Regina Louise ISBN: 0446529109 Publisher: Warner Books Pub. Date: 12 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: Mandela, Mobutu, and Me: A Newswoman's African Journey by Lynne Duke ISBN: 0385503989 Publisher: Doubleday Books Pub. Date: 21 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.00 |
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Title: A Love No Less: More Than Two Centuries of African American Love Letters by Pamela Newkirk ISBN: 0385503792 Publisher: Doubleday Books Pub. Date: 20 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Always Wear Joy: My Mother Bold and Beautiful by Susan Fales-Hill ISBN: 0060523565 Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Pub. Date: 15 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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