One of the best books Ive read this year. I did just that.ama ata aidoo brings up question in Our Sister Killjoy that chimamanda ngozi adichie also wants to ask in Americanah: why aren't you coming back? what's making you stay? if I had read it earlier, I might have included it as part of my undergrad and then, when I could read it at my own pace.
almost a took me a long time to finish this book, mostly because I inhaled it at first as part of my presentation. Sissie's world view is relevant in contemporary times as they were then when AmaĪlmost poetry, almost manifesto, almost a subconscious musing.
The Ghanaian immigrant's struggle, family relations, and oppression are all dealt with here, sometimes very subtly. It's interspersed with verse, and short poems that are succinct and adds a different flavor to the plot. She presents the world through Sissie's squint. Rating Containing Books Our Sister Killjoy Ratings: 3.84 From 891 Users | 58 ReviewsĬommentary Containing Books Our Sister Killjoy Ama Ata Aidoo, has done it again, she touches on various issues through the lens of her main character, our sister Sissie. It seems the most natural thing in the world for women to write with women as central characters making women the centre of my universe was spontaneous." Of her own writing, Ama Ata Aidoo says, "I write about people, about what strikes me and interests me. Ghanaian writer Ama Ata Aidoo's brilliantly conceived prose poem is by turns bitter and gentle, and is a highly personal exploration of the conflicts between Africa and Europe, between men and women and between a complacent acceptance of the status quo and a passionate desire to reform a rotten world. What is she doing here? Why aren't the natives friendly? And what will she do when she goes back home? She comes to Europe, to a land of towering mountains and low grey skies and tries to make sense of it all. African LiteratureĬhronicle Concering Books Our Sister Killjoy Out of Africa with her degree and her all-seeing eyes comes Sissie. List Containing Books Our Sister Killjoy TitleĪugust 19th 1997 by Longman (first published 1977)įiction.
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