A Princess Found: An American Family, an African Chiefdom, and the Daughter Who Connected Them All

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.

Author: Sarah Culberson, Tracy Trivas
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
Published: 05/11/2010
Pages: 384
Weight: 0.74lbs
Size: 8.30h x 6.44w x 1.02d
ISBN: 9780312628390