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Forna, Aminatta.
Subjects
Forna, Aminatta -- Childhood and youth.
Forna, Mohamed.
Fathers and daughters -- Biography.
Novelists, English -- 21st century -- Biography.
Novelists, Black -- 21st century -- Biography.
Authors, English -- 21st century -- Biography
Authors, Black -- 21st century -- Biography.
Physicians -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Dissenters -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Political activists -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Political prisoners -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Executions and executioners -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Sierra Leone -- Politics and government -- 1961-
Sierra Leone -- Biography.
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Forna, Aminatta.
Forna, Aminatta -- Childhood and youth.
Forna, Mohamed.
Fathers and daughters -- Biography.
Novelists, English -- 21st century -- Biography.
Novelists, Black -- 21st century -- Biography.
Authors, English -- 21st century -- Biography
Authors, Black -- 21st century -- Biography.
Physicians -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Dissenters -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Political activists -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Political prisoners -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Executions and executioners -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Sierra Leone -- Politics and government -- 1961-
Sierra Leone -- Biography.
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The
devil
that
danced
on the
water
: a
daughter
's
quest
/ Aminatta Forna.
by
Forna, Aminatta.
Grove Press, c2002.
Call #:
921 F727d
Subjects
Forna, Aminatta -- Childhood and youth.
Forna, Mohamed.
Fathers and daughters -- Biography.
Novelists, English -- 21st century -- Biography.
Novelists, Black -- 21st century -- Biography.
Authors, English -- 21st century -- Biography
Authors, Black -- 21st century -- Biography.
Physicians -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Dissenters -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Political activists -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Political prisoners -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Executions and executioners -- Sierra Leone -- Biography.
Sierra Leone -- Politics and government -- 1961-
Sierra Leone -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780802140487 (pbk.)
0802140483 (pbk.)
Edition:
1st Grove Press ed.
Description:
viii, 403 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London : HarperCollins, 2002.
Summary:
"A passionate and vivid account of an idyllic childhood which became the stuff of nightmare. As a child she witnessed the upheavals of post-colonial Africa, danger, flight, the bitterness or exile in Britain and the terrible consequences of her dissident father’s stand against tyranny. Mohamed Forna was a man of unimpeachable integrity and enchanting charisma. As Sierra Leone faced its future as a fledgling democracy, he was a new star in the political firmament, a man who had been one of the first black students to come to Britain after the war. He stole the heart of Aminatta'
s
mother and returned with her to Sierra Leone. But the old Africa was torn apart by new ways of western parliamentary democracy, which gave birth only to dictatorships and corruption of hitherto undreamed-of magnitude. It was not long before Mohamed Forna languished in jail as a prisoner of conscience, and worse to follow. Aminatta'
s
search for the truth that shaped both her childhood and the nation'
s
destiny began among the country'
s
elite and took her into the heart of rebel territory. Determined to break the silence surrounding her father'
s
fate, she ultimately uncovered a conspiracy that penetrated the highest reaches of government. The
Devil
that
Danced
on the
Water
is a book of pain and anger and sorrow, written with tremendous dignity and beautiful precision: a remarkable, and important, story of Africa. Aminatta Forna was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and lives in London."--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
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