I Am A Girl From Africa av Elizabeth Nyamayaro

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'From the first page to the last, I could not put down this book. <I>I am a Girl from Africa</I> is a story that can uplift and inspire every girl and boy from every part of the world. Beautifully told, and beautifully lived.' <B>Angela Duckworth, author of <I>Grit</I></B><BR/><BR/><B>A powerful memoir about a girl from Africa whose near-death experience sparked a dream that changed the world.</B><BR/> <BR/><I>She squeezes my hand and smiles. “I am here to feed hungry children in the village, because as Africans we must uplift each other.”</I><BR/><I>I don’t understand what it means to uplift others, but I nod.</I><BR/><I>I know that I can finally stand up. I will search for food. I will live.</I><BR/><BR/> When severe draught hit her village in Zimbabwe, Elizabeth, then eight, had no idea that this moment of utter devastation would come to define her life purpose. Unable to move from hunger, she encountered a United Nations aid worker who ga