MARIA NHAMBU

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America's Daughter

By Nhambu
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Pages: 354
ISBN (Softbk): 978-0997256130
Pub date: August 2017
Publisher: Dancing Twiga Press, Inc.
List price (Ebook) $9.99
List price (Softbk): $24.95
Genre/Subject: Autobiography/Memoir
Series: Book 2
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  • America’s Daughter

    August 24, 2017 By 2 Comments

    In America’s Daughter, the second book of the trilogy, the author arrives in the United States in the company of Catherine Murray, an American high-school teacher.

    Her adjustment to a new culture includes shocking doses of American-style racial discrimination and Nhambu’s discovery that she must learn to be a Black American. She graduates from college, thus fulfilling her dream of becoming a teacher, and teaches high school in the inner city. She marries, has two children, and establishes herself in the American way of life.

    Then a visit to Africa, and especially to Tanzania, reawakens the drumbeats and dancing that she carries in her soul. On her return home, she teaches Swahili and African Studies, performs African dance at schools, and creates Aerobics With Soul®, a fitness workout based on African dance. She both finds and creates the family she longed for as a child and connects with her unknown background.

    The first book of the trilogy, Africa’s Child, was released in 2016. The final book of her memoir series—Drum Beats, Heart Beats—reveals more of Nhambu’s life as she searches for her father and was released in 2018. Audiobooks are in production.

     

     

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    1. Cheryl Neeley says

      October 2, 2017 at 9:23 pm

      I am a good friend of Marge Riley, who is a best friend to Katherine. I read your first book and appreciated your honesty and felt sad about what you experienced. I will be at the Marsh on Thursday, October 5 to hear you speak and purchase your new book.

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      • Maria-Nhambu@77 says

        October 2, 2017 at 9:34 pm

        Thank you for reading my first book. I think you will really like America’s Daughter. Margaret Riley’s Aunt Mildred from Onamia is mentioned. Looking forward to meeting you on Thursday
        Cheers!
        Nhambu

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    The first book of the trilogy, Africa’s Child, was released in 2016. The final book of her memoir series—Drum Beats, Heart Beats—reveals more of Nhambu’s life as she searches for her father and was released in 2018. Audiobooks are in production.

     

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    –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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