Daughter of the Agunmukha

The moving story of Noorjahan Bose, who overcame the adversity and abuse of her upbringing to become an activist fighting for herself and her people.

About the author

Noorjahan Bose is a feminist writer, social worker and activist, living between the US and Bangladesh, and the founder of two US-based organisations to empower South Asian women: Ashiyanaa (formerly ASHA) and Samhati. 'Daughter of the Agunmukha' won the Bangla Academy Literary Award for Autobiography and the Ananya Literature Award.

Summary

How does a girl from a tiny Bangladeshi island end up reading Tagore, Marx and de Beauvoir and become a leading feminist campaigner?

Product details

• Authors: Noorjahan Bose
• Assisted by: Monica Jahan Bose (Editor), Rebecca Whittington (Translation)
• Publisher: Hurst Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781805260608
• ISBN: 978-1-80526-060-8
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Memoirs, Indian sub-continent, South Asia (Indian sub-continent), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs, Partition; Abuse; Woman; Memoir; India; Bangladesh; Muslim