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Black Girl from Pyongyang

Monica Macias

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      The extraordinary true story of a West African girl’s upbringing in North Korea under the guardianship of President Kim Il Sung––––––––––––In 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was sent from West Africa to the unfamiliar surroundings of North Korea by her father, the President of Equatorial Guinea, to be educated under the guardianship of his ally, Kim Il Sung.Within months, her father was executed in a military coup; her mother became unreachable. Effectively orphaned, she and two siblings had to make their life in Pyongyang. At military boarding school, Monica learned to mix with older children, speak fluent Korean and handle weapons on training exercises.Reaching adulthood, she went in search of her roots. Spending time in Madrid, Malabo, New York, Seoul and finally London, at every step she had to reckon with others' perceptions of her adoptive homeland. Optimistic yet unflinching, Monica’s astonishing and unique story challenges us to see the world through different eyes.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Monica Macias EAN: 9780715655177 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Duckworth Books DATE PUBLISHED: 2024-01-18 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism WIDTH: 129 cm SPINE:

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      Spain, North Korea, West Africa, 1950–1953 (Korean War period), Autobiography: historical, political and military, Memoirs, Narrative theme: Politics, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Geopolitics, Political abduction, imprisonment, ‘Disappearance’ and assassination, African history: pre-colonial period, Colonialism and imperialism

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      Monica Macias has lived in several countries around the world and now resides in south London. Black Girl from Pyongyang is her first book to be published in English, and she will be the subject of a forthcoming documentary film.

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      The extraordinary true story of a West African girl’s upbringing in North Korea under the guardianship of President Kim Il Sung––––––––––––In 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was sent from West Africa to the unfamiliar surroundings of North Korea by her father, the President of Equatorial Guinea, to be educated under the guardianship of his ally, Kim Il Sung.Within months, her father was executed in a military coup; her mother became unreachable. Effectively orphaned, she and two siblings had to make their life in Pyongyang. At military boarding school, Monica learned to mix with older children, speak fluent Korean and handle weapons on training exercises.Reaching adulthood, she went in search of her roots. Spending time in Madrid, Malabo, New York, Seoul and finally London, at every step she had to reckon with others' perceptions of her adoptive homeland. Optimistic yet unflinching, Monica’s astonishing and unique story challenges us to see the world through different eyes.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Monica Macias EAN: 9780715655177 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 198 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Duckworth Books DATE PUBLISHED: 2024-01-18 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Political, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism WIDTH: 129 cm SPINE:

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      Spain, North Korea, West Africa, 1950–1953 (Korean War period), Autobiography: historical, political and military, Memoirs, Narrative theme: Politics, Far-left political ideologies and movements, Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship, Geopolitics, Political abduction, imprisonment, ‘Disappearance’ and assassination, African history: pre-colonial period, Colonialism and imperialism

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      Monica Macias has lived in several countries around the world and now resides in south London. Black Girl from Pyongyang is her first book to be published in English, and she will be the subject of a forthcoming documentary film.

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