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Sankofa

Chibundu Onuzo

Published: 28th April 2022 Anna is at a stage of her life when she's beginning to wonder who she really is. She has separated from her husband, her daughter is all grown up, and her mother - the only parent who raised her - is dead. Searching through her mother's belongings, she finds clues about the West African father she never knew. Through reading his student diary, chronicling his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London, she discovers that he eventually became the president (some would say the dictator) of a small nation in West Africa - and he is still alive... Publisher: Hachette ISBN: 9780349013138
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Our Curators said...

Clever and captivating and just really - cool. The writing is assured and wry and suprisingly funny and moving. I really enjoyed this novel and the ending- ooofff.

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'A real pleasure, it's funny, thought-provoking and holds a light up to everything from cultural differences to colonialism'

STYLIST

'I LOVED Sankofa SO MUCH'

MARIAN KEYES

'Slick pacing and unpredictable developments keep the reader alert right up to the novel's exhilarating ending'

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