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What is Africa to Me? - Fragments of a True-to-Life Autobiography

Englisch · Fester Einband

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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.

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Maryse Condé is professor emeritus in the Department of French and Romance Philology at Columbia University and the author of many books. In 2015, she was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize. She lives in France. Richard Philcox is Condé's husband and translator.

Produktdetails

Autoren Maryse Cond, Maryse Conde, Maryse Condé
Mitarbeit Richard Philcox (Übersetzung)
Verlag Seagull Books London Ltd
 
Sprache Englisch
Produktform Fester Einband
Erschienen 31.12.2017
 
EAN 9780857423764
ISBN 978-0-85742-376-4
Seiten 264
Abmessung 211 mm x 139 mm x 28 mm
Gewicht 436 g
Serien SB - The Africa List
The Africa List
The Africa List
SB - The Africa List
The Africa List - (Seagull titles CHUP)
Themen Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur > Briefe, Tagebücher
Sachbuch > Kunst, Literatur > Biographien, Autobiographien
Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Ethnologie > Volkskunde

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