All Under Heaven: The Story of a Chinese Family in South Africa

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This is the universal story of families that leave behind their home and community, in search of a better life. But it is also a secret history that is long overdue. In charged and elegant prose, Darryl Accone tells the story of his Chinese-South African family over three generations, from the early 1900s to today. He writes about the young boy Ah Leong, who left China in 1911 for the unknown land of South Africa.He also tells the story of his Prussian great-grandmother, whose family tried to have her marriage to a Chinese merchant from Mauritius annulled. This book also relates the wider story of the Chinese in South Africa: a discreet and secret history that is long overdue in the telling.
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AuthorAccone, Darryl
Publisherdavidphilip
PlaceCape Town
Year2004
ISBN9780864866486
BindingPaperback
ConditionVery Good
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