Yoruba Boy Running av Biyi Bandele

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<p><b>Based on real historical events, </b><b><i>Yor¿b¿oy Running </i></b><b>charts Samuel Ajayi Crowther''s miraculous journey from slave to liberator, boy to man, running to resisting</b><br><br>''Run, ¿j¿, run!''<br><br>The day the Malian slave traders invaded the Nigerian town of ¿og¿n, thirteen-year-old ¿j¿''s life was split in two.<br><br>Before, there was his childhood, surrounded by friends and family, watched over by the ancient Yor¿b¿ods of forest and water, earth and sky. After: capture, slavery - and release, into the service of a new god, his own culture left far behind. So ¿j¿ becomes Samuel Crowther - missionary, linguist, minister - and abolitionist: driven to negotiate against his own people to end the miserable trade in human beings which destroyed his family.<br><br>Drawing on the prolific writings of Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Biyi B¿¿ has created a many-voiced, kaleidoscopic portrait of an extraordinary man. From the heart-stopping drama of ¿j¿''s last day of freedom t