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Dance of the Jakaranda

Title
Dance of the Jakaranda / Peter Kimani.
Author
Kimani, Peter, 1971-
Publication
  • Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books, 2017.
  • ©2017

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TextUse in library Sc D 17-1158Schomburg Center - Research & Reference
TextUse in library JFD 17-1928Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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Description
342 pages; 21 cm
Summary
Set in the shadow of Kenya's independence from Great Britain, this story reimagines the special circumstances that brought black, brown, and white men together to lay the railroad that heralded the birth of the nation.--
Subject
  • 1895-1963
  • Friendship > Fiction
  • Race relations > Fiction
  • Identity (Psychology) > Fiction
  • Railroad construction workers > Kenya > Fiction
  • Friendship
  • Identity (Psychology)
  • Race relations
  • Railroad construction workers
  • Kenya > History > 1895-1963 > Fiction
  • Kenya > Fiction
  • Kenya
Genre/Form
  • Historical fiction.
  • Fiction.
  • History.
Call Number
Sc D 17-1158
ISBN
  • 9781617754968
  • 161775496X
OCLC
945949008
Author
Kimani, Peter, 1971- author.
Title
Dance of the Jakaranda / Peter Kimani.
Publisher
Brooklyn, New York : Akashic Books, 2017.
Copyright Date
©2017
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Local Subject
Black author.
Chronological Term
1895-1963
Research Call Number
Sc D 17-1158
JFD 17-1928
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