Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Born the illegitimate daughter of a Korean woman and an American GI, Elizabeth Kim was a child when she watched her father kill her mother in the name of “family honor.” Kim joins Kojo to discuss how this honor killing and her subsequent adoption and move to the U-S shaped her life and career as a journalist.
Guests
- Elizabeth Kim Author of "Ten Thousand Sorrows: The Extraordinary Journey of a Korean War Orphan" (Doubleday)
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