Growing Up African in Australia by Maxine Beneba Clarke (English) Paperback Book

Growing Up African in Australia by Maxine Beneba Clarke

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Description A collection that examines what it is like to grow up African in Australia and defies, questions and sheds light on the many stereotypes that exist about our nation's vibrant African community.'I was born in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe.''My dad was a freedom fighter, waging war for an independent state- South Sudan.''We lived in a small country town, in the deep south of Western Australia.''I never knew black people could be Muslim until I met my North African friends.''My mum and my dad courted illegally under the Apartheid regime.''My first impression of Australia was a housing commission in the north of Tasmania.''Somalis use this term, "Dhaqan Celis". "Dhaqan" means culture and "Celis" means return.'Learning to kick a football in a suburban schoolyard. Finding your feet as a young black dancer. Discovering your grandfather's poetry. Meeting Nelson Mandela at your local church. Facing racism from those who should protect you. Dreading a visit to the hairdresser. House-hopping across the suburbs. Being too black. Not being black enough. Singing to find your soul, and then losing yourself again.Welcome to African Australia.Compiled by award-winning author Maxine Beneba Clarke, with curatorial assistance from writers Ahmed Yussuf and Magan Magan, this anthology brings together voices from the regions of Africa and the African diaspora, including the Caribbean and the Americas. Told with passion, power and poise, these are the stories of African-diaspora Australians.Part of the bestselling Growing Up series, contributors include Faustina Agolley, Santilla Chingaipe, Carly Findlay, Khalid Warsame, Nyadol Nyuon, Tariro Mavondo and many, many more.

Author Biography

Maxine Beneba Clarke is a widely published Australian writer of Afro-Carribean descent. She is the author of the multi-award-winning story collection Foreign Soil, which has been set on high-school curriculums; the memoir The Hate Race, which won the NSW Premier's Literary Award - Multicultural; the poetry collection Carrying the World, which won the 2017 Victorian Premier's Award for Poetry; and the children's book The Patchwork Bike, a 2017 CBCA Honour Book.

Details ISBN 176064093X ISBN-13 9781760640934 Title Growing Up African in Australia Author Maxine Beneba Clarke Format Paperback Year 2019 Pages 288 Publisher Black Inc. GE_Item_ID:124425269; About Us

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