Blood & Ink

Hauptbeschreibung

Kadija is the music-loving daughter of a guardian of the sacred manuscripts of the ancient city of Timbuktu, Mali.Ali is a former shepherd boy, trained as a warrior for Allah.Tonight, the Islamist rebels are coming for Timbuktu. They will install a harsh regime of law and tear apart the peaceful world within the mud walls of the city. Television, football, radios, even music, will be banned. Kadija refuses to let go of her former life. And something in her defiance draws Ali to her.Which path will he choose?

Edition

Stephen Davies

Stephen Davies spent several years living amongst Fulani herders in Burkina Faso as a missionary. He has written for the Guardian Weekly (Letters from Burkina Faso) and the Sunday Times and is the author of several books for young readers. www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk

Date: 2013-08-06
Stephen Davies lives with his wife and two baby daughters amongst Fulani herders in West Africa. He speaks Fulfulde, accompanies cattle-drives, and has been involved in the set-up of a Fulfulde radio station. but spends several months of the year in the UK. He also writes for the Guardian Weekly (Letters from Burkina Faso) and occasionally for the Sunday Times. He won Africa Geographic's 'Travel Writer of the Year' competition in 2003. Check out his website: http://www.voiceinthedesert.org.uk.

Christopher Corr was born in London and studied at The Royal College of Art. He has worked on numerous commissions including a Royal Mail millennium stamp about the UN Peace-keeping Force in Bosnia. He has also painted posters and cards and other materials for London Transport, National Aids Trust, Body Shop, Habitat and Ikea, UNICEF, Kensington & Chelsea Healthcare Authority, and Waterstones. His round the world travels provide the inspiration for his work.

• Abderrahmane Sissako
• Africa
• Blood and Ink
• Islam
• Juliet
• Romeo
• Shakespeare
• Timbuktu