My Heart Will Cross This Ocean: My Story, My Son, Amadou - Paperback

by Kadiatou Diallo (Author), Craig Wolff (Author)

Descended from West African kings and healers, Kadiatou Diallo was married off at the age of 13. Twenty-three years later, her son--a gentle, innocent young man named Amadou--was gunned down in New York City. Now Diallo tells the astonishing, inspiring story of her life, her loss, and the defiant strength she has found within.

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Descended from West African kings and healers, raised in the turbulence of Guinea in the 1960s, Kadiatou Diallo was married off at the age of thirteen and bore her first child when she was sixteen. Twenty-three years later, that child-a gentle, innocent young man named Amadou Diallo-was gunned down without cause on the streets of New York City. Now Kadi Diallo tells the astonishing, inspiring story of her life, her loss, and the defiant strength she has always found within.

Author Biography

Kadiatou Diallo, a frequent lecturer, is the founder of the Amadou Diallo Foundation to promote racial healing through educational programs. Born in Guinea in 1959, she now divides her time between New York City and Rockville, Maryland, where her three younger children are in school.

Craig Wolff is an assistant professor at Columbia University School of Journalism and a former reporter for The New York Times, where he was part of the team that won a Pulitzer for coverage of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. He has contributed to The New York Times Magazine, GQ, Rolling Stone, and the Daily News (New York).