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050 00 $aDT630.5.V2$bM37 2013
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100 1 $aMassaquoi, Fatima,$d1904?-1978,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe autobiography of an African princess /$cFatima Massaquoi ; edited with an introduction by Vivian Seton, Konrad Tuchscherer, and Arthur Abraham.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York, NY :$bPalgrave Macmillan,$c2013.
300 $axxiii, 274 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aMy birthplace, ethnicity and parents -- My birth and customs about childbirth in the Gallinas country -- Life and customs in the Bali (Bari) country of Sierra Leone -- Life and customs in the Vai country of Liberia -- On beauty and aspects of Vai social organization -- Life in Monrovia -- School begins at Julie C. Emery Hall -- More on life at the mission school -- I bid farewell to Liberia -- I arrive in Germany -- I meet a Nazi - and more on the work of the consulate-general -- Hard times, "isms" and school -- Christmas and school trips in Germany -- The "invincibles" and my departure for Switzerland -- L'ecole superieure et secondaire (Switzerland) and rough times on my return to Germany -- Departure for America -- Welcome for a "savage" at Lane College and death of Father -- The Fisk University saga -- Goodbye friends - you shall be hearing from me.
600 10 $aMassaquoi, Fatima,$d1904?-1978.
650 0 $aVai (African people)$xSocial life and customs$y20th century.
650 0 $aVai (African people)$zGermany$xSocial conditions$y20th century.
650 0 $aVai (African people)$zUnited States$xSocial conditions$y20th century.
651 0 $aLiberia$xSocial life and customs$y20th century.
700 1 $aSeton, Vivian,$d1950-$eeditor.
700 1 $aTuchscherer, Konrad,$d1970-$eeditor.
700 1 $aAbraham, Arthur,$d1945-$eeditor.