A Princess Found
An American Family, an African Chiefdom, and the Daughter Who Connected Them All
Biography & Memoir, Royalty
| Author: | Sarah Culberson, Tracy Trivas | ISBN: | 9781429949743 |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Press | Publication: | May 11, 2010 |
| Imprint: | St. Martin's Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sarah Culberson, Tracy Trivas |
| ISBN: | 9781429949743 |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Press |
| Publication: | May 11, 2010 |
| Imprint: | St. Martin's Press |
| Language: | English |
Sarah Culberson was adopted one year after her birth by a loving, white, West Virginian couple and was raised in the United States with little knowledge of her ancestry. Though raised in a loving family, Sarah wanted to know more about the birth parents that had given her up. In 2004, she hired a private investigator to track down her biological father. When she began her search, she never imagined what she would discover or where that information would lead her: she was related to African royalty, a ruling Mende family in Sierra Leone and that she is considered a mahaloi, the child of a Paramount Chief, with the status like a princess. What followed was an unforgettably emotional journey of discovery of herself, a father she never knew, and the spirit of a war-torn nation. A Princess Found is a powerful, intimate revelation of her quest across the world to learn of the chiefdom she could one day call her own.
Sarah Culberson was adopted one year after her birth by a loving, white, West Virginian couple and was raised in the United States with little knowledge of her ancestry. Though raised in a loving family, Sarah wanted to know more about the birth parents that had given her up. In 2004, she hired a private investigator to track down her biological father. When she began her search, she never imagined what she would discover or where that information would lead her: she was related to African royalty, a ruling Mende family in Sierra Leone and that she is considered a mahaloi, the child of a Paramount Chief, with the status like a princess. What followed was an unforgettably emotional journey of discovery of herself, a father she never knew, and the spirit of a war-torn nation. A Princess Found is a powerful, intimate revelation of her quest across the world to learn of the chiefdom she could one day call her own.
