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Anna is at a stage of her life when she’s beginning to wonder who she really is. She has separated from her husband, her daughter is all grown up, and her mother – the only parent who raised her – is dead.
Searching through her mother’s belongings, she finds clues about the West African father she never knew. Through reading his student diary, chronicling his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London, she discovers that he eventually became the president (some would say the dictator) of a small nation in West Africa – and he is still alive. She decides to track him down and so begins a funny, painful, fascinating journey, and an exploration of race, identity and what we pass on to our children.
‘A captivating story about a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the West African father she never knew’ REESE WITHERSPOON
‘I loved venturing from London to the fictional African nation of Bamana in Sankofa, a novel I found hard to put down’ DAILY MAIL
‘A real pleasure, it’s funny, thought-provoking and holds a light up to everything from cultural differences to colonialism’ STYLIST
‘I LOVED Sankofa SO MUCH’ MARIAN KEYES
‘Slick pacing and unpredictable developments keep the reader alert right up to the novel’s exhilarating ending’ GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY
‘Onuzo’s sneakily breezy, highly entertaining novel leaves the reader rethinking familiar narratives of colonisation, inheritance and liberation’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
‘A really great book, very poignant’ SARA COX
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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 radical politics in 1970s London. She discovers that he eventually became the president – some would say the dictator – of Bamana in West Africa. And he is still alive. She decides to track him down and so begins a funny, painful, fascinating journey, and an exploration of race, identity, and what we pass on to our children.
Weight | 0.24 kg |
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Dimensions | 19.6 × 12.6 × 2.6 cm |
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Cover | Paperback |
Pages | 294 |
Language | English |
Edition | 1st paperback ed |
Dewey | 823.92 (edition:23) |
Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
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