I am a girl from Africa : a memoir

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Label

I am a girl from Africa : a memoir

Title remainder

a memoir

Statement of responsibility

Elizabeth Nyamayaro

Creator

• trueNyamayaro, Elizabeth

Author

• trueNyamayaro, Elizabeth

Subject

• Autobiographies
• trueAutobiography
• Biographies
• Civil rights workers
• Civil rights workers -- Biography
• Défenseurs des droits de l'homme -- Biographies
• Défenseuses des droits de l'homme -- Zimbabwe -- Biographies
• Employees
• Families
• Femmes -- Zimbabwe -- Biographies
• Femmes activistes -- Zimbabwe -- Biographies
• Large type books
• Large type books
• Livres en gros caractères
• Nations Unies -- Fonctionnaires -- Biographies
• Nyamayaro, Elizabeth
• Nyamayaro, Elizabeth -- Childhood and youth
• Nyamayaro, Elizabeth -- Family
• United Nations
• United Nations -- Officials and employees -- Biography
• Women
• Women -- Zimbabwe -- Biography
• Women civil rights workers
• Women civil rights workers -- Zimbabwe -- Biography
• Women human rights workers
• Women human rights workers -- Zimbabwe -- Biography
• Women political activists
• Women political activists -- Zimbabwe -- Biography
• Zimbabwe
• large print books
• Autobiographies
• Autobiographies

Genre

• Biographies
• trueBiography
• Large type books
• Autobiography
• Autobiographies

Language

eng

Summary

"When severe draught hit her village in Zimbabwe, Elizabeth, then eight, had no idea that this moment of utter devastation would come to define her life purpose. Unable to move from hunger, she encountered a United Nations aid worker who gave her a bowl of warm porridge and saved her life. This transformative moment inspired Elizabeth to become a humanitarian, and she vowed to dedicate her life to giving back to her community, her continent, and the world. Grounded by the African concept of ubuntu--"I am because we are"--I Am a Girl from Africa charts Elizabeth's quest in pursuit of her dream from the small village of Goromonzi to Harare, London, New York, and beyond, where she eventually became a Senior Advisor at the United Nations and launched HeForShe, one of the world's largest global solidarity movements for gender equality. For over two decades, Elizabeth has been instrumental in creating change in communities all around the world; uplifting the lives of others, just as her life was once uplifted. The memoir brings to vivid life one extraordinary woman's story of persevering through incredible odds and finding her true calling--while delivering an important message of hope and empowerment in a time when we need it most"--

Member of

• Thorndike Press large print Black voices

Assigning source

Provided by publisher

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

IEN/DLC

Dewey number

968.9105092

Index

no index present

LC call number

DT2984.N93

LC item number

N843 2021

Literary form

non fiction

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print Black voices