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Amma Darko

Amma Darko was born in Tamale, Ghana, and grew up in Accra. After living in Germany, she returned to Ghana. Beyond the Horizon, first published in German, is Amma Darko's first novel.

Beyond the Horizon

". . . gracefully written . . . a unique tale by turns revealing, stupefying, and bitterly comic."
--Kirkus Reviews

Gazing at her naked body in the mirror, Mara reflects on her transformation from naive Ghanaian village girl into a prostitute in a German brothel. Mara has been deceived by her husband, Akobi, into coming to Europe to find a "paradise," but, as the truth about Akobi and her new life unfolds, she realizes she is trapped. The expectations of her family in Africa force her to remain, living a lie. As she fights back, she finds the revenge she takes can in no way compensate for her loss of innocence and lifetime exile from her homeland.

This is a natural storyteller's compelling and sobering account of the ruthless exploitation of women in Africa and Europe.

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Modikwe DIKOBE

The Marabi Dance

A novel of rare insight into the township life of Johannesburg. It tells the story of Martha, trapped between the pull of the country and the violent life with the dance-band groups.

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Mbella Sonne DIPOKO

Because of Women

Set in the rivers of Cameroon, this is a delicately told story of a river-man who quarrels with his pregnant wife over another woman.

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Amu DJOLETO

The Strange Man

Mensa endures his Ghanaian childhood under the shadow of successive tyrannical headmasters. In his maturity he struggles with the trials that village jealousies and his own family lay upon him.

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