Guinea

My Heart Will Cross This Ocean: My Story, My Son, Amadou
by Kadiatou Diallo

Author Kadiatous Diallo’s son left Guinea for America with a duty to return with a story of the elsewhere – but he never did so. Instead, he was one of 39 young men who, over a period of five years, were flown back to their home country in coffins. While she seeks to discover her son's story for herself, the author reveals her own history, of marriage at the age of thirteen, and giving birth to a son at sixteen with whom she went on to form a unique and serene relationship.

Translated by Kadiatou Diallo and Craig Wolff
A One World, 2003
ISBN 9780345456014