{"product_id":"migrations-of-the-heart-an-autobiography-paperback","title":"Migrations of the Heart: An Autobiography - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarita Golden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her classic memoir, distinguished author, television executive, and activist Marita Golden beautifully recounts an astounding journey to Africa and back. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMarita Golden was raised in Washington, D.C., by a mother who was a cleaning woman and a father who was taxi-driver. For all their struggles, with life and each other, her parents instilled her with spirit and aspirations. Swept up in the heady Black Power movement of the sixties, Marita moved to New York to study journalism at Columbia--and fell in love with Femi Ajayi, a Nigerian architecture student.. \u003cbr\u003eTheir passion led them to start a life together in Africa--a place Marita was eager to understand. Exhilarated by a world free of white racism, Marita quickly found work as a professor and embraced motherhood. But Femi's increasing expectations that she snap into the role of the submissive Nigerian wife were shocking and dispiriting. Her struggle to regain her footing and shape a black identity that was true to her spirit is suspenseful and inspiring, an uncommon tale of race, identity, and Africa.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her classic memoir, distinguished author, television executive, and activist Marita Golden beautifully recounts an astounding journey to Africa and back. \u003cbr\u003eMarita Golden was raised in Washington, D.C., by a mother who was a cleaning woman and a father who was taxi-driver. For all their struggles, with life and each other, her parents instilled her with spirit and aspirations. Swept up in the heady Black Power movement of the sixties, Marita moved to New York to study journalism at Columbia--and fell in love with Femi Ajayi, a Nigerian architecture student.. \u003cbr\u003eTheir passion led them to start a life together in Africa--a place Marita was eager to understand. Exhilarated by a world free of white racism, Marita quickly found work as a professor and embraced motherhood. But Femi's increasing expectations that she snap into the role of the submissive Nigerian wife were shocking and dispiriting. Her struggle to regain her footing and shape a black identity that was true to her spirit is suspenseful and inspiring, an uncommon tale of race, identity, and Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarita Golden\u003c\/b\u003e has written both fiction and nonfiction, including \u003ci\u003eMigrations of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Edge of Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Miracle Every Day\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSaving Our Sons\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the editor of \u003ci\u003eWild Women Don't Wear No Blues: Black Women Writers on Love, Men and Sex\u003c\/i\u003e and the coeditor of \u003ci\u003eGumbo: An Anthology of African American Writing\u003c\/i\u003e and of \u003ci\u003eSkin Deep: Black Women and White Women Write About Race\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the founder and CEO of the Hurston\/Wright Foundation, which supports African American writers, and lives in Maryland. Please visit Marita at www.maritagolden.com.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.64 x 8.04 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749651022112,"sku":"9781400078318","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/da764455b705404fec40f0c4d3b1f796.webp?v=1779935616","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/migrations-of-the-heart-an-autobiography-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}