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2035040Black Girl from Pyongyanghttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/black-girl-from-pyongyang/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/632242/646cc781-c24c-45b3-8b80-26a7fb6d19ff.jpg?v=638335582062300000139155MXNDuckworth BooksInStock/Ebooks/<p>In 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was transplanted from West Africa to the unfamiliar surroundings of North Korea. She was sent by her father Francisco, the first president of post-Independence Equatorial Guinea, to be educated under the guardianship of his ally, Kim Il Sung.</p><p>Within months, her father was executed in a military coup; her mother became unreachable. Effectively orphaned, she and two siblings had to make their life in Pyongyang. At military boarding school, Monica learned to mix with older children, speak fluent Korean and handle weapons on training exercises.</p><p>After university, she went in search of her roots, passing through Beijing, Seoul, Madrid, Guinea, New York and finally London forced at every step to reckon with damning perceptions of her adoptive homeland. Optimistic yet unflinching, Monicas astonishing and unique story challenges us to see the world through different eyes.</p>...1994594Black Girl from Pyongyang139155https://www.gandhi.com.mx/black-girl-from-pyongyang/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/632242/646cc781-c24c-45b3-8b80-26a7fb6d19ff.jpg?v=638335582062300000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20239780715654323_W3siaWQiOiI0ZmQ2MjYwOS0zM2QwLTQwZjUtYjliMS03NWU1NTBlYzQ4NGYiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjE0OSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjE1LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjEzNCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTEtMTVUMDE6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI0LTExLTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiIyN2M3OWU1MS1mNDZiLTQ5NTEtYWExOS0zZWRiMzAyMWM1OTMiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjE1NywiZGlzY291bnQiOjE2LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjE0MSwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9780715654323_<p>In 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was transplanted from West Africa to the unfamiliar surroundings of North Korea. She was sent by her father Francisco, the first president of post-Independence Equatorial Guinea, to be educated under the guardianship of his ally, Kim Il Sung.</p><p>Within months, her father was executed in a military coup; her mother became unreachable. Effectively orphaned, she and two siblings had to make their life in Pyongyang. At military boarding school, Monica learned to mix with older children, speak fluent Korean and handle weapons on training exercises.</p><p>After university, she went in search of her roots, passing through Beijing, Seoul, Madrid, Guinea, New York and finally London forced at every step to reckon with damning perceptions of her adoptive homeland. Optimistic yet unflinching, Monicas astonishing and unique story challenges us to see the world through different eyes.</p>...9780715654323_Duckworth Bookslibro_electonico_02dec3a4-1f95-3885-971e-fefc3c303b7d_9780715654323;9780715654323_9780715654323Monica MaciasInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/prelude-epub-5a9448de-b1ab-405e-8c9b-803b784c236a.epub2023-03-02T00:00:00+00:00Duckworth Books