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- Cane warriors / by Wheatle, Alex,1963-author.(CARDINAL)837938;
"Moa is fourteen. The only life he has ever known is toiling on the Frontier sugarcane plantation for endless hot days, fearing the vicious whips of the overseers. Then one night he learns of an uprising, led by the charismatic Tacky. Moa is to be a cane warrior, and fight for the freedom of all the enslaved people in the nearby plantations. But before they can escape, Moa and his friend Keverton must face their first great task: to kill their overseer, Misser Donaldson. Time is ticking as the day of the uprising approaches..."--Back cover.700L- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Novels.; Slave rebellions; Plantations; Slavery; Sugarcane;
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- Sufferah : the memoir of a Brixton reggae-head / by Wheatle, Alex,1963-author.(CARDINAL)837938;
Introduction / by Vanessa Walters -- Prologue -- Part I: You can't blame the youth -- Part II: Babylon system is the vampire -- Part III: If yuh have a paper, yuh must have a pen -- Afterword: Working my talent."Abandoned as a baby to the British foster care system, Alex Wheatle grew up without any knowledge of his Jamaican parentage or family history. Preoccupied with his own roots, Alex grew inexorably drawn to reggae music, which became his primary solace through years of physical and mental abuse in a childrens home. Although riven by loneliness and depression, Alex found joy and empathy among his reggae heroes: Dennis Brown, Bob Marley, Marcia Griffiths, the Mighty Diamonds, Sister Nancy, Gregory Isaacs, Barrington Levy, King Yellowman, and so many others. These were friends and mentors who understood the enormous challenges facing a young Black man gave purpose to despair, provided a sense of belonging when Alex had no one and who educated him in ways no school ever could. From the abuse he suffered in foster care, to the challenges he faced on the streets of South London as a young man and his eventual imprisonment for participating in the legendary 1981 Brixton uprising against racial injustice, reggae music always provided a lifeline to Alex. Alexs life story was portrayed in Oscar Award winning director Steve McQueens 2020 Small Axe. In Sufferah, he vividly tells his own story, putting the reader in his shoes through the many challenges of his younger years, answering the question: how on earth did he make it? By his example we are reminded that words can be our sustenance, and music can be our heartbeat"- Subjects: Autobiographies.; Wheatle, Alex, 1963-; Foster children; Abused children; Reggae music;
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- Kemosha of the Caribbean / by Wheatle, Alex,1963-author.;
In 1668, fifteen-year-old Kemosha is sold by a slave owner to a tavern keeper in Port Royal, Jamaica-the ٢wickedest city on earth.٣ She soon flees from a brutal assault and finds herself in the company of a mysterious free Black man, Ravenhide, who teaches her the fine art of swordplay, introduces her to her soul mate, Isabella, and helps her win her freedom. Ravenhide is a privateer for the notorious Captain Morgan aboard his infamous ship, the Satisfaction. At Ravenhide's encouragement, Morgan invites Kemosha to join them on a pillaging voyage to Panama. As her swashbuckling legend grows, she realizes she has the chance to earn enough to buy the freedom of her loved ones-if she can escape with her life . . .HL610L- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Action and adventure fiction.; Young adult fiction.; Slavery; Siblings; Privateering; Swordplay; Voyages and travels; Pirates; Siblings.;
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