Blogs in April 2020

Ama, a Story of the Atlantic Slave Trade 14th April 2020

“I am a human being; I am a woman; I am a black woman; I am an African. Once I was free; then I was captured and became a slave; but inside me, here and here, I am still...

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Faceless 14th April 2020

Street life in the slums of Accra is realistically portrayed in this socially-commited, subtle novel about four educated women who are inspired by the plight of a 14-year old girl, Fofo. As the main characters convert their library center...

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King Peggy: An American Secretary, Her Royal Destiny, and the Inspiring Story of How She Changed an African Village 14th April 2020

The charming real-life fairy tale of an American secretary who discovers she has been chosen king of an impoverished fishing village on the west coast of Africa. King Peggy has the sweetness and quirkiness of The No. 1 Ladies’...

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Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route 14th April 2020

In Lose Your Mother, Saidiya Hartman journeys along a slave route in Ghana, following the trail of captives from the hinterland to the Atlantic coast. She retraces the history of the Atlantic slave trade from the fifteenth to the...

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The Healers 14th April 2020

Fiction. African Studies. THE HEALERS tells a story of the conflict and regeneration focused on replacing toxic ignorance with the healing knowledge of African unity.

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