Burma Boy
Book by Biyi Bandele
A few months ago fourteen-year-old Ali Banana was apprenticed to a whip-wielding blacksmith in his rural hometown. Now its winter 1944, the war is entering its most crucial stage and Ali is a private in Thunder Brigade. His unit has been given... Google Books
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This coming-of-age novel of a Nigerian soldier, humorously named Ali Banana, in the Burma campaign during World War II is simply marvelous ... enchanting ...
This is a fictionalised account of black African soldiers fighting in Burma. Fourteen year old Ali Banana lies about his age to join the British army and be ...
So he goes to Burma with all the other soldiers. It's about his experiences in the war, in the barracks in Burma, and his comrades and people from different ...
Duration: 47:52
Posted: Sep 2, 2011
Posted: Sep 2, 2011
Biyi Bandele's novel is a meticulously researched, elegantly written tribute to the Africans who fought in the Second World War - detailing the madness, the ...
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(22) · $5.75
This coming-of-age novel of a Nigerian soldier, humorously named Ali Banana, in the Burma campaign during World War II is simply marvelous ... enchanting ...
$21.95
Burma Boy. By Biyi Bandele. Books / Paperback. Juvenile & Young Adult › Juvenile & YA Fiction. Publisher: Farafina, January 2007. Price $21.95. Free ...
Jun 1, 2007 · Giles Foden discovers a brilliant Nigerian comic hero fighting for the British in Burma in Biyi Bandele's Burma Boy.
The story takes the reader from the jungles of Burma to a malaria-induced drunken adventure through the streets of Cairo depicting in brilliant detail ...
Jul 22, 2012 · Barnaby Phillips follows the life of one of the forgotten heroes of World War II.