9/21/2023 0 Comments Faceless novel![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This young readers' book brings the charm of the traditional Kweku Ananse stories into the context of our modern world. elbaol verlag hamburg, Meldorf 2019 ISBN 978-3-93 German translation: Das Halsband der Geschichten. As in her previous novels, Darko's humour shines through the serious topic. The topic of twins is very important as well as the natural religion of the Akan people in Ghana with their fetish and clan priests, libations and drumming. The novel also has a spiritual dimension. He gets to know how the man grows up in the British colony Gold Coast and the woman in post-war Germany. The reader sees the situation from both angles. Many years later, their grown-up twin daughters are confronted with information about the collapse of their parents' marriage. In this novel, two worlds converge: A Ghanaian man and a German woman fall in love in Germany, in the 1960s. Idan, Aggie's husband, starts an affair with the very young Randa. Aggie's mother has a mental disorder and is kept in a prayer camp. One of the central characters, Aggie, works for the NGO MUTE, which aims to create an archive and an alternative library. In this book, the reader encounters some figures and institutions from the preceding novel. ISBN 978-9988-550-50-9.Ī novel about a middle-class woman coming into contact with street children who are living in a part of Accra known as "Sodom and Gomorrhah". ![]() Sub-Saharan Publishers/Schmetterling-Verl. In her adult life, she becomes distrustful and envious and causes a lot of trouble. She has to work hard for her parents and brothers and is unable to attend school regularly. The young protagonist, Kesewa, is illiterate. This is the first book that is completely set in Ghana. 2000: Verirrtes Herz ("Stray heart" no English edition).There are dialogues between a Ghanaian living in German and the German friends around her. Her second novel is a reflection about roots. 1996: Spinnweben ("Cobwebs" no English edition).Though the book deals with serious topics such as illegal immigration, illegitimate marriage and prostitution, there is never any bitter morality in it. The book is about a young woman, Mara, who follows her husband to Germany, not knowing that he has married a German in the meantime. ISBN 978-0-1.ĭarko's first novel is influenced by her impressions of Germany, observing the interaction between Germans and Ghanaian immigrants. 1995: Beyond the Horizon ( Der verkaufte Traum).Odamtten's book Broadening the Horizon: Critical Introductions to Amma Darko, in the 2001 doctoral thesis by Louise Allen Zak "Writing her way: a study of Ghanaian novelist Amma Darko", and in several academic journals. Her work has been discussed in Vincent O. Her most recent novels, Faceless and Not without flowers, were published in Ghana. Her first novel, Beyond the Horizon, was originally published in Germany. She also paints clear pictures of the exploitation of women through her works. Her novels illustrate everyday life in Ghana. During the 1980s, she lived and worked for some time in Germany. Then she worked for the Science and Technology Center in Kumasi. She studied in Kumasi, where she received her diploma in 1980. She was born in Koforidua, Ghana, and grew up in Accra. She had won The Golden Baobab Prize for one of her novels. Amma Darko (born 1956) is a Ghanaian novelist. ![]()
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