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02555aam a22004098i 4500 001 F60CCE2CD4E311E3810EC6B1DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20140506010127 008 130426s2013 nyu 000 0aeng c 010 $a 2013017229 020 $a 0230609589 (alk. paper) 020 $a 9780230609587 (alk. paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)870994247 040 $a IEN/DLC $b eng $e rda $c INU $d DLC $d OCLCO $d BDX $d YDXCP $d CDX $d VVS $d ZCU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f-lb--- $a n-us--- $a f-lb--- 050 00 $a DT630.5.V2 $b M37 2013 082 04 $a 966.620049634092 $2 23 100 1 $a Massaquoi, Fatima, $d 1904?-1978, $e author. 245 14 $a The autobiography of an African princess / $c by Fatima Massaquoi ; edited with an introduction by Vivian Seton, Konrad Tuchscherer, and Arthur Abraham. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c 2013. 300 $a x, 274 pages ; $c 23 cm 505 0 $a 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. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 600 10 $a Massaquoi, Fatima, $d 1904?-1978. 650 0 $a Vai (African people) $x Social life and customs $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Vai (African people) $z Germany $x Social conditions $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Vai (African people) $z United States $x Social conditions $y 20th century. 651 0 $a Liberia $x Social life and customs $y 20th century. 700 1 $a Seton, Vivian, $d 1950- $e editor. 700 1 $a Tuchscherer, Konrad, $d 1970- $e editor. 700 1 $a Abraham, Arthur, $d 1945- $e editor. 941 $a 3 952 $l PLAX964 $d 20230718091902.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191211020043.0 952 $l OIAX792 $d 20160331011442.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F60CCE2CD4E311E3810EC6B1DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search