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I Am Justice: A Journey Out of Africa
by
Paul Kenyon
Eighty miles off the Libyan coast water is leaking rapidly into the bottom of a dilapidated wooden boat. Twenty-seven men, crammed in side-by-side, desperately attempt to bail it out, but the boat is sinking. In the distance one of their number spots a ship and, forcing the last moments of life from the engine, they move towards it. But the crew refuses to allow them on bo...more
Hardcover, 256 pages
Published
April 9th 2009
by Preface Publishing
(first published 2009)
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I am Justice
A journey out of Africa
There was a boy his name was Justice Amin this boy lived in Africa, in Ghana there is no mercy from any one, people there suffer and suffer from everything around them. In Ghana there is a lot of resources but there main problem is that they don’t know how to use their recourses well in order to gain money to help people that live in Africa. From this point the problems begin. This boy lived with his father his mother died since he was ten years old. He had th...more
A journey out of Africa
There was a boy his name was Justice Amin this boy lived in Africa, in Ghana there is no mercy from any one, people there suffer and suffer from everything around them. In Ghana there is a lot of resources but there main problem is that they don’t know how to use their recourses well in order to gain money to help people that live in Africa. From this point the problems begin. This boy lived with his father his mother died since he was ten years old. He had th...more
Paul Kenyon is a BBC journalist who has also produced pieces for the well known Panorama programme. This book chronicles the story of Justice Amin, a young man from Ghana who leaves an unpleasant life with an abusive Uncle to find better fortunes. His goal is to secure passage to Europe from Libya, requiring a journey that takes him through Ghana, Burkina, Niger, Algeria and then to Libya. The journey and its dangers will be familiar to anyone who has read about refugees and asylum seekers who h...more
I'm sure it's a good story, what I've read so far is quite compelling, but the journalistic style of writing is grating on me & I can't bring myself to keep reading it. I've managed about 6 chapters,
I wish the story was longer:)
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