cartcart

    Sankofa: A Novel

     
    Only 1 items left in stock
    Sankofa: A Novel

    Description

    Girl, Woman, Other meets An American Marriage in this gripping story of a mixed-race woman who goes in search of the African father she never knew, by a prize-winning writer who "brilliantly captures the essence of a people and a place" (Nicole Dennis-Benn).

    Masterful in its examination of freedom, prejudice, and personal and public inheritance, Sankofa is a story for anyone who has ever gone looking for a clear identity or home, and found something more complex in its place.

    Anna is at a stage of her life when she's beginning to wonder who she really is. She has separated from her husband, her daughter is all grown up, and her mother-the only parent who raised her-is dead.

    Searching through her mother's belongings one day, Anna finds clues about the African father she never knew. His student diaries chronicle his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London. Anna discovers that he eventually became the president-some would say dictator-of a small nation in West Africa. And he is still alive...

    When Anna decides to track her father down, a journey begins that is disarmingly moving, funny, and fascinating. Like the metaphorical bird that gives the novel its name, Sankofa expresses the importance of reaching back to knowledge gained in the past and bringing it into the present to address universal questions of race and belonging, the overseas experience for the African diaspora, and the search for a family's hidden roots.

    Product details

    EAN/ISBN:
    9781646220830
    Medium:
    Bound edition
    Number of pages:
    304
    Publication date:
    2021-10-05
    Publisher:
    Catapult
    EAN/ISBN:
    9781646220830
    Medium:
    Bound edition
    Number of pages:
    304
    Publication date:
    2021-10-05
    Publisher:
    Catapult

    Shipping

    laposte
    The edition supplied may vary.
    Condition
    Condition
    Learn more
    €10.78
    available immediately
    New €19.50 You save €8.72 (44%)
    €10.78
    incl. VAT, plus  Shipping costs
    paypalvisamastercardamexcartebleue
    • Icon badgeChecked second-hand items
    • Icon packageFree shipping from 19 €
    • Icon vanWith you in 2-4 working days

    Recommended for you