The Place I Call Home by Anna Lo
Anna Lo writes for the first time about her extraordinary journey - how it was to arrive in Belfast at the height of the Troubles; her work with the Chinese community; her time as a social worker; her children's experiences of life in Northern Ireland; her extraordinary political career; and her life away from the spotlight.Lo’s accounts of getting to grips with a new language and culture are fascinating … but how lucky for Northern Ireland that circumstances prompted this tenacious and talented woman to make it her home
-- Heather Ferguson
Anna Lo was born in Hong Kong in 1950 and moved to Belfast in 1974. An Alliance Party politician, she was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly for Belfast South in the 2007 Assembly electon. She was the first ethnic-minority politician elected at a regional level in Northern Ireland, and the first politician born in East Asia elected to any legislative body in the United Kingdom. Lo is also a social worker and former chairperson of the Northern Ireland Chinese Welfare Association. In 1978, she started the first-ever English language evening class for Chinese people in Northern Ireland in a further education college. Anna was awarded an MBE in 1999 for Services to Ethnic Minorities.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780856409851 |
| ISBN 10 | 0856409855 |
| Title | The Place I Call Home |
| Author | Anna Lo |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Colourpoint Creative Ltd |
| Year published | 2016-10-13 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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