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Little Brother : An Odyssey to Europe by Ibrahima Balde, Amets Arzallus Antia, Timberlake Wertenbaker is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Little Brother : An Odyssey to Europe about?

A heartbreaking and magnificent account of a poor and illiterate young West African's odysssey. Ibrahima, whose family live in a village in the West African country of Guinea, helps his father sell shoes at a street stall in the capital, Conakry. At the sudden death of his father, he becomes the head of the family and picks up various skills, always alone and away from home, although his dream is to be a truck driver in his country. But when his little brother, Alhassane, suddenly disappears, heading for Europe in a bid to earn money for the family, Ibrahima leaves everything behind to try to find him and convince him to go back to their village and continue his education. In an epic journey, Ibrahima risks his life many times searching for his little brother. Each waystation that Ibrahima passes through takes him to another world, with different customs, other languages, other landscapes, other currencies, and new challenges to overcome. His willpower is astonishing, and the friendship and generosity of strangers he encounters on the way help him to keep going. After enduring many trials and tribulations, he learns of Alhassane's fate. Unable to return home, he embarks on the jour

Author

Ibrahima Balde, Amets Arzallus Antia, Timberlake Wertenbaker

Publisher

Carlton North, VIC: Scribe Publications

Published

2021

Language

EN

ISBN

9781925938791

Subjects

Science, Memoir, Political Science