Diary of a Lost Girl (HARDCOVER) The Autobiography of Kola Boof by Kola Boof ISBN: 1592320120 Format: Hardcover, 411pp Pub. Date: February 2006 Publisher: Seaburn Sales Rank: 11,316 List Price: $25.00 BBP Price: $22.99
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"This book was delayed for many years, because publishers wanted to put Osama Bin Laden's picture on the cover, which I forbid--and then it was delayed even longer, because I would not allow it to be published without my chapter entitled "The Authentic Black Man", a very heartfelt letter to my sons that many people find to be --disturbing and invasive. But I'm greatly pleased with the end result, and especially relieved that the book is finally coming out. This is my soul book." -- KOLA BOOF

"I don't want to end up like Sally Hemmings and Pochohantos", says Kola Boof. "Those women were not able to leave a record of what happened to them, and because of that, history has portrayed them in love stories with their oppressors. The truth is that Sally Hemmings had her first baby by Thomas Jefferson at 12 years old, and the truth is that Osama Bin Laden raped me the first night we met, held me against my will and was a very violent, hyper-sexualized Arab Muslim version of a hip hop gangbanger. He's the most brilliant man I ever knew, but he used his brilliance for evil."

Kola Boof, who's an American citizen and has published 6 books in 8 countries, is often referred to as "Queen Kola" by the people of her country and in 2004 was instrumental in getting Israelis to provide guns and ammunition for Sudan's South Rebel Army. She was adopted and raised in the United States by Black Americans but returned to North Africa as an adult in 1994. She's the mother of two sons.