![]() ![]() Optimistic yet unflinching, Monica's astonishing and unique story challenges us to see the world through different eyes. ![]() ![]() In 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was transplanted from West Africa to the unfamiliar. ![]() At military boarding school, Monica learned to mix with older children, speak fluent Korean and handle weapons on training exercises.Īfter university, she went in search of her roots, passing through Beijing, Seoul, Madrid, Guinea, New York and finally London – forced at every step to reckon with damning perceptions of her adoptive homeland. Hardback English By (author) Monica Macias Description. Effectively orphaned, she and two siblings had to make their life in Pyongyang. Within months, her father was executed in a military coup her mother became unreachable. In 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was transplanted from West Africa to the unfamiliar surroundings of North Korea. She was sent by her father Francisco, the first president of post-Independence Equatorial Guinea, to be educated under the guardianship of his ally, Kim Il Sung. I n 1979, aged only seven, Monica Macias was transplanted from West Africa to the unfamiliar surroundings of North Korea. The extraordinary true story of a West African girl's upbringing in North Korea under the protection of President Kim Il Sung. Monica Macias Black Girl from Pyongyang (08 November 2022, NetGalley) From that day on, I realised that I had no choice but to accept the order and discipline of the school, and finally embraced the rigours of the life I had been given. ![]()
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