{"product_id":"a-drop-of-midnight-a-memoir-paperback","title":"A Drop of Midnight: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJason Diakité\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRachel Willson-Broyles\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWorld-renowned hip-hop artist Jason \"Timbuktu\" Diakit 's vivid and intimate journey through his own and his family's history--from South Carolina slavery to twenty-first-century Sweden.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn to interracial American parents in Sweden, Jason Diakit  grew up between worlds--part Swedish, American, black, white, Cherokee, Slovak, and German, riding a delicate cultural and racial divide. It was a no-man's-land that left him in constant search of self. Even after his hip-hop career took off, Jason fought to unify a complex system of family roots that branched across continents, ethnicities, classes, colors, and eras to find a sense of belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Drop of Midnight\u003c\/i\u003e, Jason draws on conversations with his parents, personal experiences, long-lost letters, and pilgrimages to South Carolina and New York to paint a vivid picture of race, discrimination, family, and ambition. His ancestors' origins as slaves in the antebellum South, his parents' struggles as an interracial couple, and his own world-expanding connection to hip-hop helped him fashion a strong black identity in Sweden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat unfolds in Jason's remarkable voyage of discovery is a complex and unflinching look at not only his own history but also that of generations affected by the trauma of the African diaspora, then and now.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726932807743,"sku":"9781542016704","price":19.38,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/5926ded496375d75f3b6543b97652a31.webp?v=1765112886","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/a-drop-of-midnight-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}