America Made Me a Black ManNAACP Image Award Nominee NPR Best Book of 2022 A searing memoir of American racism from a Somalian American who survived hardships in his birth country only to experience firsthand the dehumanization of Blacks in his adopted land, the United States. No one told me about America. Born in Somalia and raised in a valley among nomads, Boyah Farah grew up with a code of male bravado that helped him survive deprivation, disease, and civil war. Arriving in

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Containing: My Uncle Wal the Werewolf My Gran the Gorilla My Auntie Chook the Vampire Chicken My Pa the Polar Bear Ages: 7 - 10