This critical edition of Princess Fatima Massaquoi's memoirs begins with her birth in southern Sierra Leone, continues through her childhood in Liberia, moves on to Hamburg, Germany, where she lived and experienced the rise of the Nazi movement, and ends with her life in the United States.

This critical edition of Princess Fatima Massaquoi's memoirs begins with her birth in southern Sierra Leone, continues through her childhood in Liberia, moves on to Hamburg, Germany, where she lived and experienced the rise of the Nazi movement, and ends with her life in the United States.

Foreword by Hans Massaquoi 1. My Birthplace, Ethnicity and Parents 2. My Birth and Customs about Childbirth in the Gallinas Country 3. Life and Customs in the Bali (Bari) country of Sierra Leone. 4. Life and Customs in the Vai Country of Liberia 5. On Beauty and Aspects of Vai Social Organization 6. Life in Monrovia 7. School Begins at Julie C. Emery Hall 8. More on Life at the Mission School 9. I Bid Farewell to Liberia 10. I Arrive in Germany 11. I Meet a Nazi … and More on the Work of the Consulate-General 12. Hard Times, 'isms' and School 13. Christmas and School Trips in Germany 14. The 'Invincibles' and My Departure for Switzerland 15. L'Ecole Superieure et Secondaire (Switzerland) and Rough Times on My Return to Germany 16. Departure for America 17. Welcome for a 'Savage' at Lane College and Death of Father 18. The Fisk University Saga 19. Goodbye Friends – You Shall Be Hearing from Me