“The Sabhu My Destination”

Submitted by LT_Sargent on Thu, 02/10/2022 - 14:51
Title“The Sabhu My Destination”
Year for Search2021
AuthorsBroaddus, Maurice [Gerald](b. 1970)
Secondary AuthorsForest, Susan, and Law, Lucas K.
Secondary TitleSeasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories
Pagination348-55
Date Published2021
PublisherLaksa Media Groups
Place PublishedCalgary, AB, Canada
ISBN Number978-1-988140-17-9
KeywordsAfrican American author, English author, Male author
Annotation

The story focuses on an African American boy growing up in the contemporary United States and the long-lived man he becomes mostly in Africa told in stages with each stage beginning in italics with the experiences that make him who he is in the future. The story is played out in a world transformed by climate change, with much both changed and unchanged at a both a personal level and socially and politically, such as the abandonment of a base on the moon and its redevelopment by Ghana.

Info Notes

The book includes an “Appendix: Mental Health Resources and Anti-Discrimination Resources” (348-55).

Each story ends with a note to the author’s younger self.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The African American author (b. 1975) was born in England and raised and lives in the U.S.

Full Text

2021 Broaddus, Maurice [Gerald] (b. 1970). “The Sabhu My Destination.” Seasons Between Us: Tales of Identities and Memories. Ed. Susan Forest and Lucas K. Law (Calgary, AB, Canada: Laksa Media Groups, 2021), 250-69. The book includes an “Appendix: Mental Health Resources and Anti-Discrimination Resources” (348-55). Each story ends with a note to the author’s younger self. PSt

The story focuses on an African American boy growing up in the contemporary United States and the long-lived man he becomes mostly in Africa told in stages with each stage beginning in italics with the experiences that make him who he is in the future. The story is played out in a world transformed by climate change, with much both changed and unchanged at a both a personal level and socially and politically, such as the abandonment of a base on the moon and its redevelopment by Ghana. The African American author was born in England and raised and lives in the U.S.