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Diplomatic Pounds & Other Stories

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Ama Ata Aidoo is an iconic African woman writer who has inspired generations of black and other writers in Africa and internationally and this collection affirms why she is respected as one of the most important voices in African women's writing. Her latest collection brings together diverse themes that speak to the relationship between Africa and its Diasporas in terms of home and exile and a sense of belonging and alienation. The stories celebrate the intricacies of friendships and love and examine the complexities involved in African Diaspora connections engaging with a sense of anomie and fragmentation as a consequence of living across different cultures - Africa and the West. Aidoo reveals her interest in presenting common human frailties.

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780956240194
  • Indbinding:
  • Paperback
  • Sideantal:
  • 170
  • Udgivet:
  • 23. februar 2012
  • Størrelse:
  • 134x197x14 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 174 g.
  • BLACK NOVEMBER
Leveringstid: Ukendt - mangler pt.

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Ama Ata Aidoo is an iconic African woman writer who has inspired generations of black and other writers in Africa and internationally and this collection affirms why she is respected as one of the most important voices in African women's writing. Her latest collection brings together diverse themes that speak to the relationship between Africa and its Diasporas in terms of home and exile and a sense of belonging and alienation. The stories celebrate the intricacies of friendships and love and examine the complexities involved in African Diaspora connections engaging with a sense of anomie and fragmentation as a consequence of living across different cultures - Africa and the West. Aidoo reveals her interest in presenting common human frailties.

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