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- The door of no return / by Alexander, Kwame.;
11-year-old Kofi Offin dreams of water. Its mysterious, immersive quality. The rich, earthy scent of the current. The clearness, its urgent whisper that beckons with promises and secrets... Kofi has heard the call on the banks of Upper Kwanta, in the village where he lives. He loves these things above all else: his family, the fireside tales of his father's father, a girl named Ama, and, of course, swimming. Some say he moves like a minnow, not just an ordinary boy so he's hoping to finally prove himself in front of Ama and his friends in a swimming contest against his older, stronger cousin. But before this can take place, a festival comes to the villages of Upper and Lower Kwanta and Kofi's brother is chosen to represent Upper Kwanta in the wrestling contest. Encircled by cheering spectators and sounding drums, the two wrestlers from different villages kneel, ready to fight. You are only fine, until you are not. The match is over before it has barely begun, when the unthinkable-a sudden death-occurs. The river does not care how grown you are. As his world turns upside down, Kofi soon ends up in a fight for his life. What happens next will send him on a harrowing journey across land and sea, and away from everything he loves.LSC- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels in verse.; Black people; Slave trade; Slave traders; African Americans; Slavery;
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- Harriet Tubman / by Sánchez Vegara, Ma Isabel(María Isabel); Aguado, Pili,1981-;
Includes bibliographical references.Presents information about Harriet Tubman, from her childhood in slavery to brave escape to the North and her work to help others escape slavery.LSC- Subjects: Biographies.; Tubman, Harriet, 1822-1913; Slaves; African American women; African Americans; Underground Railroad; Women; Slaves;
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- The act of killing [videorecording] / by Anif, Haji.; Arifin, Syamsul.; Asmara, Sakhyan.; Oppenheimer, Joshua.; Sørensen, Signe Byrge.; Cinedigm (Firm); Drafthouse Films.; Final Cut For Real (Firm);
With Haji Anif, Syamsul Arifin, Sakhyan Asmara.The filmmakers examine a country where death squad leaders are celebrated as heroes, challenging them to reenact their real-life mass-killings in the style of the American movies they love. The hallucinatory result is a cinematic fever dream, a journey into the imaginations of mass murderers and the banal regime of corruption and impunity they inhabit.E.DVD ; Dolby digital 5.1.- Subjects: Pemuda Pancasila (Organization); Death squads; Documentary films.; Mass murderers; Political persecution;
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