Ama: A Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade is the debut historical novel by Manu Herbstein (born 1936). It has been described as a work of faction that "successfully blends extensive and meticulous research with abundant imagination to transport the reader into the violent world of the Atlantic Slave Trade."
The book won the 2002 Commonwealth Writers' Prize for the Best First Book from Africa.
Herbstein won the 2002 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book from Africa, the first time the award had been given to an electronic book.