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The Africa List Ser.: What Is Africa to Me? : Fragments of a True-To-Life Autobiography by Maryse Conde (2017, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherSeagull Books
ISBN-100857423762
ISBN-139780857423764
eBay Product ID (ePID)221496485
Product Key Features
Number of Pages264 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameWhat Is Africa to Me? : Fragments of a True-To-Life Autobiography
Publication Year2017
SubjectCaribbean & Latin American, Women, Ethnic Studies / General, European / French, Literary
TypeTextbook
AuthorMaryse Conde
Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
SeriesThe Africa List Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.1 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length0.8 in
Item Width0.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2018-439303
Dewey Edition23
ReviewsRefreshingly frank. . . . What is Africa to Me? (eloquently translated from the French by Richard Philcox) is an entertaining and occasionally humorous account of the twelve years the author spent in Africa during the late 1950s and 60s.
Dewey Decimal943.914
SynopsisMaryse Cond is one of the best-known and most beloved French Caribbean literary voices. The author of more than twenty novels, she was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2015 and has long been recognized as a giant of black feminist literature. While Cond has previously published an autobiography of her childhood, What Is Africa to Me? tells for the first time the story of her early adult years in Africa--years formative not only for her, but also for African colonies appealing for their own independence. What Is Africa to Me? traces the late 1950s to 1968, chronicling Cond 's life in S kou Tour 's Guinea to her time in Kwame N'Krumah's Ghana, where she rubbed shoulders with Malcolm X, Che Guevara, Julius Nyerere, and Maya Angelou. Accusations of subversive activity resulted in Cond 's deportation from Ghana. Settling down in S n gal, Cond ended her African years with close friends in Dakar, including filmmakers, activists, and Haitian exiles, before putting down more permanent roots in Paris. Cond 's story is more than one of political upheaval, however; it is also the story of a mother raising four children as she battles steep obstacles, of a Guadeloupean seeking her identity in Africa, and of a young woman searching for her freedom and vocation as a writer. What Is Africa to Me? is a searing portrait of a literary genius--it should not be missed., Maryse Condé is one of the best-known and most beloved French Caribbean literary voices. The author of more than twenty novels, she was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize in 2015 and has long been recognized as a giant of black feminist literature. While Condé has previously published an autobiography of her childhood, What Is Africa to Me? tells for the first time the story of her early adult years in Africa--years formative not only for her, but also for African colonies appealing for their own independence. What Is Africa to Me? traces the late 1950s to 1968, chronicling Condé's life in Sékou Touré's Guinea to her time in Kwame N'Krumah's Ghana, where she rubbed shoulders with Malcolm X, Che Guevara, Julius Nyerere, and Maya Angelou. Accusations of subversive activity resulted in Condé's deportation from Ghana. Settling down in Sénégal, Condé ended her African years with close friends in Dakar, including filmmakers, activists, and Haitian exiles, before putting down more permanent roots in Paris. Condé's story is more than one of political upheaval, however; it is also the story of a mother raising four children as she battles steep obstacles, of a Guadeloupean seeking her identity in Africa, and of a young woman searching for her freedom and vocation as a writer. What Is Africa to Me? is a searing portrait of a literary genius--it should not be missed.
LC Classification NumberPQ3949.2.C65
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