Massaquoi, Fatima, 1904?-1978, author.
New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
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Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• My 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.

Subjects:

• Massaquoi, Fatima, 1904?-1978.
• Vai (African people) — Social life and customs — 20th century.
• Vai (African people) — Germany — Social conditions — 20th century.
• Vai (African people) — United States — Social conditions — 20th century.
• Liberia — Social life and customs — 20th century.

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