Reclaiming the Soil: A Black Girl's Struggle to Find Her African Self (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781928276425)

An extraordinary story of cultural confusion and the long way home to a black girl's emotional roots. David Robbins The Rosie Motene story is about a young girl born to the Bafokeng nation during the apartheid era in South Africa. At the time, Rosie's mother worked for a white Jewish family in Johannesburg who offered to raise the child as one of their own. This generous gesture by the family created many opportunities for Rosie but also a trail of sacrifices for her parents. As she grew, Rosie struggled to and her true identity. She had access to the best of everything but as a black girl she floundered without her own culture or language. This book describes Rosie's journey through her fog of alienation to the belated dawning of her self-discovery as an African.

Author: Rosie Motene
ISBN-10: 1928276423
ISBN-13: 9781928276425
Publisher: Rosie Motene
Language: English
Published: 08/27/2018
Pages: 196
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.45d