The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest
by Forna, Aminatta
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- ISBN 10
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- ISBN 13
- 9780802140487
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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Pr, 2004. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Soft cover. Very good condition. As a child Aminatta Forna witnessed the upheavals of postcolonial Africa, danger, flight, the bitterness of 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 as Aminatta Forna shows with compelling clarity, 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 languished in jail as a prisoner of conscience, and worse was 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. The Devil that Danced on the Water is a book of pain and anger and sorrow, written with tremendous dignity and beautiful precision.
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Recounts the author's childhood in postcolonial Africa, her dissident father's actions against British tyranny that resulted in his imprisonment, and her struggle to learn his fate and expose the conspiracy surrounding his death.
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- Title
- The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Quest
- Author
- Forna, Aminatta
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
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- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0802140483
- ISBN 13
- 9780802140487
- Publisher
- Grove Pr
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
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