The Crooks Family

Descendants of Ami Djaba

1777-1825

Alex Haley

Our Extraordinary Story Of Struggle And Survival

Migration Story

Family Tree

Slavery Days

Return to Our Ancestral Home

Krobo Mountain

Kwame

Nkrumah

acknowledgement

Nelson Mandela

Ancestors

by Paul Crooks

The Story of an African Caribbean family From Africa to Europe

Going Back To Our Roots Tracing Back Through Our Father Line

Cousins Cove Formerly Crooks Cove Slave Plantation

Black History Really Didn’t Begin With Slavery

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'I was moved...'

Doreen Lawrence,

And Still I Rise

'Exceptional debut novel. Highly recommended for the whole family.'

Woman 2 Woman

'A moving account of a black British family that travels through the ages from slavery and beyond'.

Bonnie Greer, The Guardian

Reading (Ancestors) has given me great pleasure...

Richard Hart - Historian

Paul Crooks recounts his relentless mission to trace his African Slave ancestors … superb offering

Pride Magazine

'An inspiring piece of literature'.

The New Nation

'Groundbreaking… a riveting read'.

“Top five reads … 2002.”

The Voice

'This dynamic and inspiring novel is the result of Paul Crooks’ thirteen-year quest to find his African forebears.'

www.jamaicans.com

'Ancestors, is more than a novel. It is a family odyssey, a political history and a damning indictment of the abhorrence of slavery. Most importantly, as well as exposing the violence and complete disregard for humanity that characterised slavery, this book also details the courage and resistance of those who refused to accept their fate.'

Unison Magazine, Special Anniversary Issue, 2003

Paul Crooks recreates the pain and torture suffered by the slaves, their loves and losses, their conversion by missionaries to Christianity, and the ultimate battle for emancipation.'

Featured in ‘Caribbean Roots’

ANCESTORS

by
Paul Crooks

ISBN:1-901969-07-X

Acknowledgements:

Photo by Christian Aid/David Rose. The Tree of Life, made entirely of guns, was created by Mozambican artists from a Christian Aid supported project that exchanges weapons for equipment such as sewing machines bicycles and building materials. The All Africans People Revolutionary Party for organising the return to the motherland. Alex Haley (May he rest in peace) - for the inspiration