Lawrence Hill Reading

Listen to this brief excerpt from Someone Knows My Name (in the US) / The Book of Negroes (in Canada). In this excerpt from the first chapter, Aminata Diallo, an 18th century African woman who survived and escaped slavery and spent much of her life trying to return to the homeland from which she was kidnapped, begins to tell the story of her life.

Lawrence Hill reads Chapter 1 (MP3)

You can hear another excerpt of the novel on the wonderful website authorsaloud.com, which features readings by Canadian writers and is the brainchild of two-time Governor General's Award nominee Trevor Cole.