As America’s Daughter opens, Maria Nhambu is still Mary Rose Ryan — the name she gave herself in Africa. And she’d celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with the Irish and non-Irish residents of St. Paul, Minnesota!

Africa’s Child is an unforgettable and searingly personal book.
–Marian Wright Edelman
Children’s Defense Fund
President and Founder
Aerobics With Soul®
How can I describe it,
how to even start,
Is that music drumming,
or the drumming of my heart?
–Michael Milgraum
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