Black Ghosts, a e book by Nigerian author Noo Saro-Wiwa, has been named the Edward Stanford Journey E-book of the Yr.
The announcement was made at this 12 months’s version of the Edward Stanford Journey Writing Awards (ESTWAs).
Noo Saro-Wiwa, daughter of the late Ogoni activist Ken Saro-Wiwa, was born in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, and raised in England. Noo attended King’s School London and Columbia College in New York and is an writer and freelance journalist. Her first e book, On the lookout for Transwonderland: Travels in Nigeria, was printed by Granta in 2012. In the identical 12 months, it was a Sunday Instances Journey E-book of the Yr, nominated by the Monetary Instances as the most effective journey books and included as one of many 10 Greatest Modern Books on Africa by the Guardian. It was shortlisted for the Authors’ Membership Dolman Journey E-book of the Yr Award in 2013 and printed in France by Editions Hoëbeke. In 2015, it was printed in Italy by 66thand2nd and received the Albatros Journey Literature Prize in 2016.
Her e book, Black Ghosts, is the journey memoir of a Nigerian lady in China exploring the intersections and divides between the 2 cultures and the lives of African financial migrants within the bustling Folks’s Republic. Residing in clustered communities, they’re key to the commerce between the continents. Her fascinating encounters embrace a cardiac surgeon, a drug seller, a visa overstayer and males married to Chinese language girls who communicate English with Nigerian accents.
Praising the e book, the judges mentioned:
“Penning this e book took willpower, stamina and braveness. The Folks’s Republic of China is a big nation and the black communities sought out by Noo are exhausting to seek out and penetrate. She tells the tales of the Black Ghosts she finds with nice sensitivity and compassion….it is a story of intersecting cultures informed with candour and compassion, specializing in the shared humanity between the sojourner and their hosts.”
The Edward Stanford Journey Writing Awards, launched in 2015, rejoice excellence in journey writing and provide recognition to the perfect journey writers on the planet. For the second 12 months in a row, Stanfords, the world-renowned impartial retailer of maps and journey books, is partnering with Viking, a world chief in experiential journey, to current three awards.
Learn extra concerning the full listing of winners right here: