The African Boy - Williamson, Bill
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This novel imagines the journey of a real but, until now, long-forgotten African boy who left Elmina in the Gold Coast in 1829 on a British ship, for the hope to travel to Holland. His ship was wrecked on rocks in January 1830 on the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall. With a strong narrative drive, the story evokes the hard life on board a sailing ship. It relates the boy's meeting with members of the crew and his growing awareness of their world and its differences to his. The African boy Kwame, who is unnamed and buried on St. Martin's, is a feisty, clever, and ambitious young man whose…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
This novel imagines the journey of a real but, until now, long-forgotten African boy who left Elmina in the Gold Coast in 1829 on a British ship, for the hope to travel to Holland. His ship was wrecked on rocks in January 1830 on the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall. With a strong narrative drive, the story evokes the hard life on board a sailing ship. It relates the boy's meeting with members of the crew and his growing awareness of their world and its differences to his. The African boy Kwame, who is unnamed and buried on St. Martin's, is a feisty, clever, and ambitious young man whose relationships with the crew expose the violence, bigotry, and hypocrisy of the world they came from. This book explores the worlds of Europe and Africa. Its characters are vividly drawn, and the story evokes a changing world at a time when slavery was being defeated.
Autorenporträt
Known to many as Ermal, or even Ermal T, author Bill Williamson has been a Christian for most of his life. For the past 35 years he has served as a pastor in a variety of roles. He has been blessed in serving the Body of Christ, yet his life has not been without bumps and bruises along the way. Despite his difficult experiences in life and ministry, and because of them, God has used Him to minister to and care for others in similar circumstances. Whether it's navigating a season of depression, or facing the end of a 38 year marriage, or going through conflict or experiencing another life transition, Bill continues to trust in the steadfast love of God that sustains him every day. At the writing of this book, Bill was going through one of his more difficult and at times confusing transitions in life and ministry. He currently is residing in Southern California where he has spent most of his life. As he waits upon the Lord to show him the next steps to take along this path of life, he trusts this book will bless those who not only read its pages, but who encounter the ever present peace of Christ in the midst of life's storms.