Manu Herbstein

Manu Herbstein (born 1936) is the South African author of Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade (2001), which won the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book, the first time the award had been given to an electronic book.[1] The first chapter of the novel may be read on-line at the link below.

References

  1. Yates, Emma (25 April 2002). "Richard Flanagan wins Commonwealth prize". The Guardian.

Companion web site, including the first chapter, which may be read online.


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