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4617930Yoruba Boy Runninghttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/yoruba-boy-running-9780063417106/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4306579/image.jpg?v=638515940434800000358436MXNHarperCollinsInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>A true artist. A brilliant writer. An original thinker.Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</strong></p><p><strong>A captivating, fictionalized retelling of African linguist and clergyman Samuel Ajayi Crowthers miraculous journey from slave to liberator.</strong></p><p><em>Run, jyí, run!</em></p><p>When Malian slave traders invaded the Nigerian town of sogn, thirteen-year-old jyís life is split in two.</p><p>Before, there was his childhood, surrounded by friends and family, watched over by the ancient Yorbá gods of forest and water, earth and sky.</p><p>After, there was capture, slaveryand eventually releasewith jyí, left transfigured, unrecognizable, and now, inthe service of a new god, with a new name and a culture different from the one left far behind. jyí becomes Samuel Crowthermissionary, linguist, minister, and eventually abolitionist, driven to negotiate against his own people to end the evil trade in human beings which destroyed his family and transformed his own life.</p><p>Drawing on the prolific writings of Samuel Ajayi Crowther, novelist and filmmaker Biyi Bándélé creates a many-voiced, kaleidoscopic portrait of an extraordinary man. From the heart-stopping drama of jyís last day of freedom to the farcical intrigue of the sogn court; from a meeting with Queen Victoria to consecration as the first African Bishop of the Anglican Church, Samuel Ajayi Crowthers journey, like all great odysseys, circles back to where he began. By turns witty, moving and revolutionary, Biyi Bándélés reimagining of Crowthers life is a brilliant tour de force.</p><p>Cover artwork Chris Ofili, Blind Leading Blind, 2005 The artist.</p>...4405122Yoruba Boy Running358436https://www.gandhi.com.mx/yoruba-boy-running-9780063417106/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/4306579/image.jpg?v=638515940434800000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20249780063417106_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_<p>Yoruba Boy Running has descriptive copy which is not yet available from the Publisher.</p>...(*_*)9780063417106_<p><strong>A true artist. A brilliant writer. An original thinker.Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</strong></p><p><strong>A captivating, fictionalized retelling of African linguist and clergyman Samuel Ajayi Crowthers miraculous journey from slave to liberator.</strong></p><p><em>Run, jyí, run!</em></p><p>When Malian slave traders invaded the Nigerian town of sogn, thirteen-year-old jyís life is split in two.</p><p>Before, there was his childhood, surrounded by friends and family, watched over by the ancient Yorbá gods of forest and water, earth and sky.</p><p>After, there was capture, slaveryand eventually releasewith jyí, left transfigured, unrecognizable, and now, inthe service of a new god, with a new name and a culture different from the one left far behind. jyí becomes Samuel Crowthermissionary, linguist, minister, and eventually abolitionist, driven to negotiate against his own people to end the evil trade in human beings which destroyed his family and transformed his own life.</p><p>Drawing on the prolific writings of Samuel Ajayi Crowther, novelist and filmmaker Biyi Bándélé creates a many-voiced, kaleidoscopic portrait of an extraordinary man. From the heart-stopping drama of jyís last day of freedom to the farcical intrigue of the sogn court; from a meeting with Queen Victoria to consecration as the first African Bishop of the Anglican Church, Samuel Ajayi Crowthers journey, like all great odysseys, circles back to where he began. By turns witty, moving and revolutionary, Biyi Bándélés reimagining of Crowthers life is a brilliant tour de force.</p>...(*_*)9780063417106_<p><strong>A true artist. A brilliant writer. An original thinker.Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie</strong></p><p><strong>A captivating, fictionalized retelling of African linguist and clergyman Samuel Ajayi Crowthers miraculous journey from slave to liberator.</strong></p><p><em>Run, jyí, run!</em></p><p>When Malian slave traders invaded the Nigerian town of sogn, thirteen-year-old jyís life is split in two.</p><p>Before, there was his childhood, surrounded by friends and family, watched over by the ancient Yorbá gods of forest and water, earth and sky.</p><p>After, there was capture, slaveryand eventually releasewith jyí, left transfigured, unrecognizable, and now, inthe service of a new god, with a new name and a culture different from the one left far behind. jyí becomes Samuel Crowthermissionary, linguist, minister, and eventually abolitionist, driven to negotiate against his own people to end the evil trade in human beings which destroyed his family and transformed his own life.</p><p>Drawing on the prolific writings of Samuel Ajayi Crowther, novelist and filmmaker Biyi Bándélé creates a many-voiced, kaleidoscopic portrait of an extraordinary man. From the heart-stopping drama of jyís last day of freedom to the farcical intrigue of the sogn court; from a meeting with Queen Victoria to consecration as the first African Bishop of the Anglican Church, Samuel Ajayi Crowthers journey, like all great odysseys, circles back to where he began. By turns witty, moving and revolutionary, Biyi Bándélés reimagining of Crowthers life is a brilliant tour de force.</p><p>Cover artwork Chris Ofili, Blind Leading Blind, 2005 The artist.</p>...9780063417106_HarperCollinslibro_electonico_9780063417106_9780063417106Biyi BandeleInglésMéxico2024-09-03T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/harpercollins-epub-ee486373-4815-41d2-899a-f72b95556101.epub2024-09-03T00:00:00+00:00HarperCollins