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by Ama Ata Aidoo

ISBN13: 9780582308459
ISBN10: 0582308453
Condition: Standard

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Out of Africa with her degree and her all seeing eyes comes Sissie. She comes to Europe, to a land of towering mountains and low grey skies and tries to makes sense of it all. What is she doing here? Why aren't the natives friendly? And what will she do when she goes back home?

A profound version of the theme of self discovery, this novel explores the thoughts and experiences of a Ghanaian girl on her travels in Europe. It is a highly personal exploration of the conflicts between Africa and Europe, between men and women, and between a complacent acceptance of the status quo and a passionate desire to reform a rotten world.

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"First published by 1977. First published as Longman African classic 1988"--T.p. verso.

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`	Shoshana , September 14, 2008 (view all comments by Shoshana) A surprisingly complex and nuanced account of the narrator's travels from Ghana to Europe and other destinations. Don't let editorial reviews fool you with their domesticated descriptions--this is a much better book than they would lead you to believe. It addresses not only colonialism and overt, individual acts of racism, but also ingrained racist perspectives that are obvious when one is their object yet inexplicable and invisible when one is not. The book is written in a pastiche of styles, with the interwoven poetry and prose sections being most effective; sadly, the "letter" that closes the volume is, while interesting in its content, tedious stylistically. Read with Michelle Cliff's No Telephone to Heaven and Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.
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ISBN:: 9780582308459
Binding:: Trade Paperback
Publication date:: 08/01/1988
Publisher:: PEARSON PTR
Series info:: Longman African Writers Series
Pages:: 134
Height:: 7.4 in.
Width:: 4.9 in.
Thickness:: .4 in.
Series:: Longman African Writers Series
Grade Range:: College/higher educa
Number of Units:: 1
UPC Code:: 2800582308451
Author:: AMA Ata Aidoo
Author:: Aidoo
Subject:: Fiction (fictional works by one author)
Subject:: Fiction
Subject:: Ghana
Subject:: Literature-A to Z
Subject:: Women -- Ghana.

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