Er erzählt von der Schwierigkeit, im gelobten Land Amerika Fuß zu fassen und - jetzt einer unter vielen Afro-Amerikanern und doch von einem ganz anderen Lebenshintergrund her kommend - seine Identität als Schwarzer unter Schwarzen zu finden. Das Buch erzählt in dem Ton, der so viele Leser und Leserinnen schon zuvor begeistert hat, von seiner Arbeit, der Bürgerrechtsbewegung in Amerika, seinen Begegnungen mit Malcolm X, Jesse Jackson, aber auch mit Diana Ross. 1967 kehrte er nach Deutschland zurück, um den „Satchmo von Deutschland“, Billy Mo, zu treffen. Und nicht zuletzt erfahren wir, wie seine Mutter in Amerika noch einmal den Mann ihres Lebens findet.
Hans J. Massaquoi Ordine dei libri (cronologico)
19 gennaio 1926 – 19 gennaio 2013
Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi fu un giornalista tedesco-americano i cui scritti esplorarono temi di identità, discriminazione e dualità culturale. Crescendo sotto il regime nazista, sperimentò in prima persona il grave impatto del pregiudizio, un'esperienza che plasmò profondamente la sua prospettiva e la sua voce narrativa. Il suo lavoro si addentra spesso nelle complessità del navigare attraverso molteplici eredità culturali, riflettendo il suo stesso doppio background tedesco-liberiano. Attraverso i suoi contributi letterari, Massaquoi offrì ai lettori potenti intuizioni sulla condizione umana e l'incessante lotta contro l'ingiustizia.
Destined to Witness
- 480pagine
- 17 ore di lettura
This is a story of the unexpected.In Destined to Witness, Hans Massaquoi has crafted a beautifully rendered memoir -- an astonishing true tale of how he came of age as a black child in Nazi Germany. The son of a prominent African and a German nurse, Hans remained behind with his mother when Hitler came to power, due to concerns about his fragile health, after his father returned to Liberia. Like other German boys, Hans went to school; like other German boys, he swiftly fell under the Fuhrer's spell. So he was crushed to learn that, as a black child, he was ineligible for the Hitler Youth. His path to a secondary education and an eventual profession was blocked. He now lived in fear that, at any moment, he might hear the Gestapo banging on the door -- or Allied bombs falling on his home. Ironic,, moving, and deeply human, Massaquoi's account of this lonely struggle for survival brims with courage and intelligence.