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The Amputated Memory

The Amputated Memory

Liking, Werewere
Mielly, Michelle
de Jager, Marjolijn

Hardcover

Series: Women Writing Africa

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ISBN10: 1558615555
ISBN13: 9781558615557
Publisher: Feminist Press
Published: Nov 1 2007
Pages: 400
Weight: 1.60
Height: 1.50 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
Awards: IndieFab awards

A modern-day Things Fall Apart, The Amputated Memory explores the ways in which an African woman's memory preserves, and strategically forgets, moments in her tumultuous past as well as the cultural past of her country, in the hopes of making a healthier future possible.

Pinned between the political ambitions of her philandering father, the colonial and global influences of encroaching and exploitative governments, and the traditions of her Cameroon village, Halla Njokè recalls childhood traumas and reconstructs forgotten experiences to reclaim her sense of self. Winner of the Noma Award--previous honorees include Mamphela Ramphele, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, and Ken Saro-Wiwa--The Amputated Memory was called by the Noma jury a truly remarkable achievement . . . a deeply felt presentation of the female condition in Africa; and a celebration of women as the country's memory.

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