Manu Herbstein

Manu Herbstein (born 1936) is the South African author of Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade (2001), which won the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book, the first time the award had been given to an electronic book.^[1] The companion web site to his novel is at http://www.ama.africatoday.com where the first chapter may be read on-line.

References

1. Yates, Emma (25 April 2002). "Richard Flanagan wins Commonwealth prize". The Guardian.