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After the ceremonies : new and selected poems / Ama Ata Aidoo; edited and with a foreword by Helen Yitah.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: African poetry book series Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017]Description: xii, 258 pages ; 23 cm Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780803296947 (softcover : alk. paper)
  • 9781496201096 (epub)
Uniform titles:
  • Poems. Selections
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 821  23
Summary: "Ama Ata Aidoo is one of the best-known African writers today. Spann ing three decades of work, the poems in this collection address themes of colonialism, independence, motherhood, and gender in intimate, perso nal ways alongside commentary on broader social issues. After the Cerem onies is arranged in three parts: new and uncollected poems, some of wh ich Aidoo calls "misplaced or downright lost"; selections from Aidoo's An Angry Letter in January and Other Poems; and selections from Someone Talking to Sometime. Although Aidoo is best known for her novels Chang es: A Love Story and Our Sister Killjoy, which are widely read in women 's literature courses, and her plays The Dilemma of a Ghost and Anowa, which are read and performed all over the world, her prowess as a poet shines in this collection"-- Provided by publisher.
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"Ama Ata Aidoo is one of the best-known African writers today. Spann ing three decades of work, the poems in this collection address themes of colonialism, independence, motherhood, and gender in intimate, perso nal ways alongside commentary on broader social issues. After the Cerem onies is arranged in three parts: new and uncollected poems, some of wh ich Aidoo calls "misplaced or downright lost"; selections from Aidoo's An Angry Letter in January and Other Poems; and selections from Someone Talking to Sometime. Although Aidoo is best known for her novels Chang es: A Love Story and Our Sister Killjoy, which are widely read in women 's literature courses, and her plays The Dilemma of a Ghost and Anowa, which are read and performed all over the world, her prowess as a poet shines in this collection"-- Provided by publisher.

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