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    Awu's Story
    A Novel

    Justine Mintsa (Author), Cheryl Toman (Translated by), Thérèse Kuoh-Moukoury (Foreword by)

    9781496206930

    Paperback / softback, published 1 May 2018

    126 pages
    21.6 x 14 x 0.8 cm, 0.18 kg

    Praise for the original French edition:
     
    “Electrifying, striking, and raw, Awu’s Story recounts the realities women face within the family and society in a small village in Gabon. . . . This text incites debate about cultural differences, plunging the reader to the very heart of Gabonese traditions.”-Lire le Monde
     
    “This novel that invites the reader to rethink the very foundation of inherited customs is still very valid today.”-Africultures

    At the dawn of the twenty-first century, villages in the Fang region of northern Gabon must grapple with the clash of tradition and the evolution of customs throughout modern Africa. With this tension in the background, the passionate, deft, and creative seamstress Awu marries Obame, after he and his beloved wife, Bella, have been unable to conceive. Because all three are reluctant participants in this arrangement, theirs is an emotionally fraught existence. Through heartbreaking and disastrous events, Awu grapples with long-standing Fang customs that counter her desire to take full control of her life and home.

    Supplemented with a foreword and critical introduction highlighting Justine Mintsa’s importance in African literature, Awu’s Story is an essential work of African women’s writing and the only published work to meditate this deeply on some of the Fang’s most cherished legends and oral history.
     

    Foreword by ThÉ
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    Acknowledgments
    Introduction
    Part One
    Part Two
    Part Three
    Notes
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