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Black Ghosts

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Dan Chiponda earns a scholarship to study in China and reluctantly leaves his native Zimbabwe for an uncertain future. Learning to take racial abuse in his stride, he dates a fellow student, Lai Ying, who is attracted to his easygoing manner. He remains haunted by the weight of his mother's expectations, encapsulated by the image of the African fish eagle. Things take a dramatic turn when Chinese students pour into the streets in an orgy of violence to drive Africans out of town. The situation in Nanjing only stabilises when attention turns to the mayhem that is unraveling in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. But that is only the beginning of Dan's troubles with the 'Campus Gestapo', loan sharks in Hong Kong, and the shock of his family getting caught up in the violence by Mugabe's war vets.

Black Ghosts is inspired by stories of Africans living in China in the 1980s and, in particular, by the little-known incident in Nanjing, where African and Chinese students engaged each other in a violent battle just months before the Tiananmen Square Massacre.


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Publisher: Master Publishing

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  • ISBN: 9789966052056
  • Release date: July 9, 2013

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  • ISBN: 9789966052056
  • File size: 2354 KB
  • Release date: July 9, 2013

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  • ISBN: 9789966052056
  • File size: 2375 KB
  • Release date: July 9, 2013

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Dan Chiponda earns a scholarship to study in China and reluctantly leaves his native Zimbabwe for an uncertain future. Learning to take racial abuse in his stride, he dates a fellow student, Lai Ying, who is attracted to his easygoing manner. He remains haunted by the weight of his mother's expectations, encapsulated by the image of the African fish eagle. Things take a dramatic turn when Chinese students pour into the streets in an orgy of violence to drive Africans out of town. The situation in Nanjing only stabilises when attention turns to the mayhem that is unraveling in Tiananmen Square, Beijing. But that is only the beginning of Dan's troubles with the 'Campus Gestapo', loan sharks in Hong Kong, and the shock of his family getting caught up in the violence by Mugabe's war vets.

Black Ghosts is inspired by stories of Africans living in China in the 1980s and, in particular, by the little-known incident in Nanjing, where African and Chinese students engaged each other in a violent battle just months before the Tiananmen Square Massacre.


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  • Details

    Publisher:
    Master Publishing

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9789966052056
    Release date: July 9, 2013

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9789966052056
    File size: 2354 KB
    Release date: July 9, 2013

    Open EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9789966052056
    File size: 2375 KB
    Release date: July 9, 2013

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  • Formats
    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    Open EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English