Tchicaya missamou biography of michael jackson
Another author, Tchicaya Missamou, a former Congolese child soldier who found asylum in the United States in and became a United States.
All his life Tchicaya believed that he was living free in the Congo until he discovered true freedom in America, and only then did he realize....
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“In the Shadow of Freedom” by Tchicaya Missamou with Travis Sentell
c, Atria – $ / $ Canada – pages
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When it comes to borders, that's a question that divides countries, states, and even families.
It's a question that might seem answerable with one word, either way, but it's really not. Like everything these days, it's complicated and contentious.
And then, there are the exceptions…
In the new book “In the Shadow of Freedom” by Tchicaya Missamou with Travis Sentell(c, Atria – $ / $ Canada – pages), you'll read the story of one immigrant and his journey to the U.S., starting with his childhood.
It was an idyllic growing-up: as a boy, Tchicaya Missamou had little to do than play with his friends in the grasslands surrounding his home in Brazzaville, Congo.
Naked and barefoot, “Tchic” and his friends practiced hunting, fighting, and other little-boy games that children play when they have the freedom. He also mad