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Sankofa : a novel / Chibundu Onuzo.
"When Anna, wondering who she really is, discovers that the African father she never knew is still alive, she embarks on a journey to a small nation in West Africa where she searches for her family's hidden roots"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781646220830 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 296 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Catapult, 2021.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Reese's Book Club"--Dust jacket. |
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| Subject: | Bambara (African people) > Fiction. Fathers and daughters > Fiction. Identity (Psychology) > Fiction. Middle-aged women > Fiction. Racially mixed people > Fiction. Africa, West > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Psychological fiction. |
Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 2 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Onuzo | 31681010253383 | FICTION | Available | - |
| Stroud Branch | FIC Onuzo | 31681010258978 | FICTION | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
When Anna, wondering who she really is, discovers that the African father she never knew is still alive, she embarks on a journey to a small nation in West Africa where she searches for her familyâs hidden roots. - Baker & Taylor
A funny, gripping and surprising story of a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the African father she never knew, by award-winning author Chibundu Onuzo. Anna grew up in England with her white mother and knowing very little about her African father. In middle age, after separating from her husband and with her daughter all grown up, she finds herself alone and wondering who she really is. Her mother's death leads her to find her father's student diaries, chronicling his involvement in radicalpolitics in 1970s London. She discovers that he eventually became the president - some would say the dictator - of Bamana in West Africa. She also discovers that he is still alive. She decides to track him down and so begins a funny, painful, fascinatingjourney, and an exploration of race, identity and what we pass on to our children. - Random House, Inc.
A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK | AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
âA beautiful exploration of the often complex parameters of freedom, prejudice, and individual sense of self. Chibundu Onuzo has written a captivating story about a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the West African father she never knew . . . [A] beautiful book about a woman brave enough to discover her true identity.â âReese Witherspoon
âOnuzoâs sneakily breezy, highly entertaining novel leaves the reader rethinking familiar narratives of colonization, inheritance and liberation.â âThe New York Times Book Review
Named a Best Book of the Month by Entertainment Weekly, Harper's Bazaar, and Time ⢠Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Month by Goodreads, PopSugar, PureWow, LitHub, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and Buzzfeed
A woman wondering who she really is goes in search of a father she never knewâonly to find something far more complicated than she ever expectedâin this âstirring narrative about family, our capacity to change and the need to belongâ (Time).
Anna is at a stage of her life when she's beginning to wonder who she really is. In her 40s, she has separated from her husband, her daughter is all grown up, and her motherâthe only parent who raised herâis dead.
Searching through her mother's belongings one day, Anna finds clues about the African father she never knew. His student diaries chronicle his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London. Anna discovers that he eventually became the presidentâsome would say dictatorâof a small nation in West Africa. And he is still alive...
When Anna decides to track her father down, a journey begins that is disarmingly moving, funny, and fascinating. Like the metaphorical bird that gives the novel its name, Sankofa expresses the importance of reaching back to knowledge gained in the past and bringing it into the present to address universal questions of race and belonging, the overseas experience for the African diaspora, and the search for a family's hidden roots.
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Examining freedom, prejudice, and personal and public inheritance, Sankofa is a story for anyone who has ever gone looking for a clear identity or home, and found something more complex in its place.
