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Carrington, Arese

 
9780999504338: Defend the Defenseless
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0999504339 ISBN 13 : 9780999504338
Editeur : Bronzeline & Co. Publishing, 2017

Synopsis

Defend the Defenseless takes us into the lived experience of the Nigerian Civil War (Biafran War) through the eyes of the author as a young girl and then the struggle for democracy during the military dictatorship as a young woman. A mantra her father gives her during the Nigerian civil war when their family is torn apart continues to shape her life choices and belief in social justice. Fearful they would never meet again, her father turns to her and says “…you must defend the defenseless.” The memoir exposes the impact and tragedy of war, and how situations or events we are thrust into shapes us one way or another. It shows the moving account of the heroism of, and love between, her parents during the civil war. It encompasses war and peace, love and hate, despair and hope, trauma and healing, roots and destinies. It includes nations and non-nations, an ancient Benin kingdom but most of all her father’s lasting legacy...Defend the defenseless…a mission for us all.

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À propos de l'auteur

Arese Carrington, MBBS, MPH is a Medical Doctor, International Public Health consultant, and Human Rights and social justice activist. She specializes in public health programming and women’s issues. She is a public speaker in America and internationally. A physician by training, Dr. Carrington decided to switch from curative to preventive medicine in order to more effectively deal with the public health problems facing the developing world. In 2000 she received a Masters of Public Health Degree from the Harvard School of Public Health, where she specialized in International Public Health. She was elected by her classmates there as a Class Marshal and was selected by Harvard to represent all of its graduate schools as the graduate orator at the university’s commencement exercises. Awards and honors she has received include, Lifetime Human Rights Award from the City of Newton, State Senate Official Citation from Massachusetts State Senate and House of Representation Official Citation from Massachusetts State House of Representatives for being a life-long advocate of human rights in the community and around the world.

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Éditeur
Bronzeline & Co. Publishing
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0999504339
ISBN 13 
9780999504338
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
268
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