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Ama Ata Aidoo
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Esi decides to divorce after enduring yet another morning's marital rape. Though her friends and family remain baffled by her decision (after all, he doesn't beat her!), Esi holds fast. When she falls in love with a married man-wealthy, and able to arrange a polygamous marriage-the modern woman finds herself trapped in a new set of problems.
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In this collection, Ama Aita Aidoo explores postcolonial life in Ghana with her characteristic honesty and humor. Tradition wrestles with new urban influences as Africans try to sort out their identity in a changing culture. True to the tradition of African storytelling, the characters come to life through their distinct voices and speech. If there is no sweetness, there is the salt essential to life, even if it comes from tears, and the strength...
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Las mujeres son las protagonistas de Africa(na)s. Historias para el siglo XXI, una colección de historias para celebrar la producción literaria de las mujeres africanas, afrodescendientes y afrodiaspóricas de los últimos veinte años y reflexionar sobre los personajes femeninos en las literaturas africanas.
La antología incluye relatos, historias de vida, fragmentos de novelas, ensayo y poesías escritas por once autoras originarias de diez países....
