

American Negra
A Memoir
Author: Natasha S. Alford
Narrator: Natasha S. Alford
Unabridged: 10 hr 39 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 02/27/2024
Author: Natasha S. Alford
Narrator: Natasha S. Alford
Unabridged: 10 hr 39 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 02/27/2024
Natasha S. Alford is an award-winning journalist, host, and media executive driven by the power of storytelling to inspire and change people’s lives. Natasha serves as Senior Vice President of TheGrio and an anchor for theGrio TV. She is also a CNN political analyst, where she offers commentary on the news, politics, and movements of the moment. Her work has also been published in the New York Times, the Guardian, Oprah Daily, Time magazine, and Vogue. Natasha is currently completing a Master in Public Policy at Princeton University and resides with her family in New Jersey.
What a great memoir that expands what it means to be American. It was a page turner as I followed Natasha on her path of success and self-determination with U.S. culture, politics, and economics as the backdrop. Highly recommend.......more
American Negra was a breathe of fresh air. This memoir made me feel seen. Sharing her journey into journalism, the fight to go where you fit in - when it comes to race and ethnicity, dealing with family trauma and all. This was a very moving story from start to finish. I’ve had a lot of the same bat......more
This book possessed so much information that at times I felt like I was reading a textbook and when it was getting to be too much, she would come out of the blue with a prose like sentence that had so much power and strength. Her words sat with me. This book was extremely thought provoking especiall......more
Loved this book. It was a beautiful way to gain insight of struggles and triumphs faced by someone with different and similar cultural ties to me. Alford explores the challenges of coming to terms with her identity as. Puerto Rican and African American child. Her voice is captivating. I'd most defin......more
A memoir lovingly told by a Black and Puerto Rican woman finding her identity and purpose in life. She described everything so clear and understandable; her college days and after, trying one career after another. She also struggles with many health concerns. Great book...and so current.......more