A Moonless, Starless Sky
Read by
Kamali Minter
Release:
10/03/2017
Release:
10/03/2017
Runtime:
7h 56m
Runtime:
7h 56m
Unabridged
Quantity:
“Absolutely essential reading, period.”
Alexandra Fuller, New York Times bestselling author
A Vogue Best Book of 2017
A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
Winner of the PEN Open Book Award
One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2017
A 2017 Literary Hub Pick of Best Nonfiction
A Christian Science Monitor selection of Audiobooks Telling a Personal Story
WINNER OF THE 2018 PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD
"A rich and urgently necessary book" (New York Times Book Review), A Moonless, Starless Sky is a masterful, humane work of journalism by Alexis Okeowo--a vivid narrative of Africans who are courageously resisting their continent's wave of fundamentalism.
In A Moonless, Starless Sky Okeowo weaves together four narratives that form a powerful tapestry of modern Africa: a young couple, kidnap victims of Joseph Kony's LRA; a Mauritanian waging a lonely campaign against modern-day slavery; a women's basketball team flourishing amid war-torn Somalia; and a vigilante who takes up arms against the extremist group Boko Haram. This debut book by one of America's most acclaimed young journalists illuminates the inner lives of ordinary people doing the extraordinary--lives that are too often hidden, underreported, or ignored by the rest of the world.
"A rich and urgently necessary book" (New York Times Book Review), A Moonless, Starless Sky is a masterful, humane work of journalism by Alexis Okeowo--a vivid narrative of Africans who are courageously resisting their continent's wave of fundamentalism.
In A Moonless, Starless Sky Okeowo weaves together four narratives that form a powerful tapestry of modern Africa: a young couple, kidnap victims of Joseph Kony's LRA; a Mauritanian waging a lonely campaign against modern-day slavery; a women's basketball team flourishing amid war-torn Somalia; and a vigilante who takes up arms against the extremist group Boko Haram. This debut book by one of America's most acclaimed young journalists illuminates the inner lives of ordinary people doing the extraordinary--lives that are too often hidden, underreported, or ignored by the rest of the world.
Release:
2017-10-03
2017-10-03
Runtime:
Runtime:
7h 56m
7h 56m
Format:
audio
audio
Weight:
0.0 lb
0.55 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781478941200
9781478997023
Publisher:
Hachette Book Group
Hachette Book Group
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