Contemporary fiction books from Ghana
Recommended contemporary fiction books (6)
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If you are into contemporary fiction here are some contemporary fiction books from Ghana for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Changes : A Love Story by Ama Ata Aidoo EN
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Changes explores the complex world in which the lives of professional working women have changed sharply, but the cultural assumptions of men's lives have not. Witty and compelling, Aidoo's novel, according to Manthia Diawara, "inaugurates a new realist style in African literature." "Aidoo writes with intense power in a novel that, in examining the role of women in modern African society, also sheds light on women's problems around the globe."-Publishers Weekly (starred review) Suggested for course use in: African literature African studies Family Studies Ama Ata Aidoo, one of Ghana's most dis... continue
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Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson EN
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"Set over the course of three summers, Small Worlds follows Stephen, a first-generation Londoner born to Ghanaian immigrant parents, brother to Ray, and best friend to Adeline. On the cusp of big life changes, Stephen feels pressured to follow a certain track-a university degree, a move out of home-but when he decides instead to follow his first love, music, his world and family fracture in ways he didn't foresee. Now Stephen must find a path and peace for himself: a space he can feel beautiful, a space he can feel free."--
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The Wolf at Number 4 by Ayo Tamakloe-Garr EN
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Desire Mensah, a disgraced schoolteacher in her thirties, sees moving to sleepy little Cape Coast, Ghana, as her chance to get away from a shameful secret not buried deeply enough. And maybe, just maybe, she will find the love she craves and the husband her mother craves for her. But in Cape Coast, the past isn’t dead. It isn’t even past. That’s the kind of thing Wolfgang “Wolf” Ofori would say. Everyone says the eleven-year-old is a genius—eccentric though he is—and is bound to win Wonderkids, a quiz competition ordinarily for high school students. Wolf and Desire form a strange friendship, e... continue
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Wir Gotteskinder by Nana Oforiatta Ayim DE
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»Eine mutige Neuerfindung der Einwanderungserzählung, verführerisch, poetisch ... beispiellos.« Taiye Selasi
Maya Mensah ist im deutschen Exil täglich damit konfrontiert, anders zu sein. Auch ihre Eltern sind anders. Ihr Vater ist ein scheuer Intellektueller, und ihre schöne Mutter liebt es, das Geld mit vollen Händen auszugeben und an ihre königliche Abkunft zu erinnern. Doch wenn Maya in der Schule von ihrer glanzvollen Familie erzählt, wird sie verspottet. Beistand leistet ihr einzig ihr Cousin Kojo. Maya ist fasziniert von seinen farbenpr&a... continue