RAWSISTAZ Review of Manjani by Freedom Speaks Diaspora

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Reviewed: Nov 18, 2008

Manjani by Freedom Speaks Diaspora
Sun Cycle Publishing, August 2008
320 Pages, Paperback, $15.95
ISBN: 0979432227
Genre: Fiction

RAW Rating: 4.0 (out of 5)

Manjani would be considered, by many, to be a brat. She says whatever she is thinking, and sometimes says it in a brusque manner. She feels it is her duty to wake up her dormant brothers and sisters to life as an African American in the United States. One day tragedy strikes her family and realizing their neighbors are no help, her father moves Manjani and her small brother to another neighborhood. Manjani’s mother, ripped apart emotionally by the destruction of her life, lands in a mental institution.

Manjani ends up in a mostly white school and the only other person there, who might be like her, shuns her. Manjani is not happy and she talks herself into plenty of trouble. She joins a group of revolutionaries and things get even worse for her. At the Black Nationalist Academy she really begins to find out about life. She starts to question her sexuality, family secrets are exposed and her comrades turn against her. What will become of Manjani?

MANJANI by Freedom Speaks Diaspora is an interesting look into the life and times of African Americans in an environment that is not always welcoming, not even by other African Americans. The characters are developed so that even the unpleasant characters are understandable. It is a revolutionary work well worth reading.

Reviewed by alice Holman, RAWSISTAZ.com
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Alice Holman is an avid reader, a writer and a community activist. She lives in Denver, Colorado with her husband Ray and her little dog Boo.

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