Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade

Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade is the debut historical novel by Manu Herbstein (born 1936). It has been described as a work of faction that "successfully blends extensive and meticulous research with abundant imagination to transport the reader into the violent world of the Atlantic Slave Trade.""Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade", ChickenBones: A Journal.

The book won the 2002 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the Best First Book from Africa.

Publication history 2005, Picador Africa, 374 pages, (print) 2001, E-Reads, 456 pages, (print on demand)

Reviews Reviews are collected at www.ama.africatoday.com/reviews.htm.

Prizes Herbstein won the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book from Africa, the first time the award had been given to an electronic book.

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