Imbolo Mbue
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Behold the Dreamers
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Behold the Dreamers
- A Novel
- By: Imbolo Mbue
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 5,469
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 4,913
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 4,900
Jende Jonga, a Cameroonian immigrant living in Harlem, has come to the United States to provide a better life for himself; his wife, Neni; and their six-year-old son....
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2 out of 5 stars
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Overhyped
- By Rochelle on 08-27-16
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Behold the Dreamers
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 08-23-16
- Language: English
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How Beautiful We Were
- A Novel
- By: Imbolo Mbue
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi, Janina Edwards, Dion Graham, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 590
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 520
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 516
We should have known the end was near. So begins Imbolo Mbue’s powerful second novel, How Beautiful We Were. Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, it tells of a people living in fear amid environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company....
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5 out of 5 stars
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As relevant as it is heart-wrenching
- By Anonymous User on 10-18-21
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How Beautiful We Were
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayemi, Janina Edwards, Dion Graham, JD Jackson, Allyson Johnson, Lisa Renee Pitts
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 03-09-21
- Language: English
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How Beautiful We Were
- By: Imbolo Mbue
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson, Prentice Onayemi, Janina Edwards, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 10
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Story5 out of 5 stars 10
Set in the fictional African village of Kosawa, How Beautiful We Were tells the story of a people living in fear amidst environmental degradation wrought by an American oil company. Pipeline spills have rendered farmlands infertile. Children are dying from drinking toxic water....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Beautifully written, beautifully read
- By Anonymous User on 05-01-24
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How Beautiful We Were
- Narrated by: Allyson Johnson, Prentice Onayemi, Janina Edwards, Dion Graham, JD Jackson
- Length: 14 hrs and 7 mins
- Release date: 03-11-21
- Language: English
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Behold the Dreamers
- By: Imbolo Mbue
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayem
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 34
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
A powerful and timely story of marriage, class, race and the pursuit of the American Dream....
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5 out of 5 stars
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Everything
- By kefilwe on 06-07-24
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Behold the Dreamers
- Narrated by: Prentice Onayem
- Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 02-09-17
- Language: English
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Wie schön wir waren
- By: Imbolo Mbue
- Narrated by: Sarah Dorsel
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
Die Bewohner von Kosawa leben in Angst, denn ein amerikanischer Ölkonzern droht das kleine afrikanische Dorf auszulöschen. Öllecks haben das...
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Wie schön wir waren
- Narrated by: Sarah Dorsel
- Length: 15 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 10-07-21
- Language: German
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Das geträumte Land
- By: Imbolo Mbue
- Narrated by: Nils Nelleßen
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Jende Jonga, ein in New York lebender kamerunischer Einwanderer, ist auf der Suche nach einem besseren Leben für sich, seine Frau Neni...
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Das geträumte Land
- Narrated by: Nils Nelleßen
- Length: 12 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 04-27-17
- Language: German
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