BlackAmericanInTheDesert

This show will look at the history of blacks in Saudi Arabia with my guest author Sumanth. Sumanth will tell us about his new book Black American(Amreekie Aswad) in the Desert Kingdom. Black American (Amreekie Aswad) in the Desert Kingdom is a romantic adventure story based on the experiences of the author, who writes under the pseudonym Sumanth. He arrived in Arabia 17 years after Black slavery officially ended (1962) and a post slavery Black Saudi community was just beginning to form. Sumanth spent five years in Saudi Arabia, returning to the United States a few years before the start of 1st Gulf War. Interacting with both White and Black Saudis, the author enjoyed Bedouin hospitality to an extent few of his fellow expatriates got opportunity to do. It was a unique point in Saudi history. The Bedouins were struggling to adapt to the modern world and their former Black slaves were busy taking advantage of their new citizenship to participate in government programs that would ultimately help them become financially solvent, achieve full independence from the powerful families that once owned them, regain control of their own destines and be completely integrated into Saudi society. For more information on the novel or to order the book, go to www.blackamericanindesert.com