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Sharon Robinson, daughter of baseball great Jackie Robinson, shares an inspirational story about her family in Tanzania. AG Ford is a NEW YORK TIMES best-selling artist and winner of the NAACP Award. Auntie Sharon and Grandmother Bibi have come to visit the family in Tanzania--all the way from America Soon it will be Bibi's 85th birthday, and her seven grandchildren are planning a big surprise After days together at home telling stories and filling gaps from the years spent apart, it's time to embark on their secret journey--a safari in Serengeti National Park. But too soon, it's their last day together. And in a bittersweet moment, at the ruins of an old slave port, Bibi's African-born grandchildren come to learn what happened to their ancestors who went by slave ship to America. Sharon Robinson eloquently portrays the joys and pains of a family living on two continents. And she gives African-American history a powerful new perspective when seen through the eyes of modern-day African children. AG Ford's luminous oil paintings reflect all the warmth and spirit of this moving story.
- Format: Hardcover
- Author: Robinson, Sharon
- ISBN: 9780545166720
- Condition: Used
- Dimensions: 11.10 x 0.50
- Number Of Pages: 40
- Publication Year: 2014