Manu Herbstein (born 1936) is the South African author of '' Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade'' (2001), which won the 2002

Commonwealth Writers Prize Commonwealth Foundation presented a number of prizes between 1987 and 2011. The main award was called the Commonwealth Writers' Prize and was composed of two prizes: the Best Book Prize (overall and regional) was awarded from 1987 to 2011; the Best ...

for Best First Book, the first time the award had been given to an electronic book. The first chapter of the novel may be read on-line at the link below.

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Companion web site
including the first chapter, which may be read online. South African Jews 1936 births South African writers Living people Place of birth missing (living people) {{SouthAfrica-writer-stub