Here in one volume are two terrific New York Times bestsellers from one of our most brilliant contemporary writers on the social scene. Electrifying and cheeky, both were made into major films.
Mensa endures his Ghanaian childhood under the shadow of successive tyrannical headmasters. In his maturity he struggles with the trials that village jealousies and his own family lie upon him.
Doe Hevi, small-time hustler and thief, fully supports the revolution that promises to give everyone a chance. But the confusions of the post-revolutionary society complicate Doe's political gerrymandering and he finds himself imprisoned, even facing the firing squad. Double standards in both public and private life are exposed in this novel. This ...
Part of a series of readers for young African students and consisting of stories from all over Africa, the Level 1 starters are picture books for children who have just begun to read for themselves. In this story Kofi tries to find his own way home when his father is late meeting him from school.
Part of a series for young African students and consisting of stories from all over Africa. The "JAWS" starters, which are at three levels, are intended to encourage children who are learning to read. In this story Esi is able to help her father when his car gets a puncture.
Edition: First paperback edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Heinemann
Date Published: 1968
Description: Covers lightly rubbed, tip of one corner slightly bumped, else a very good, bright copy. [AFRICAN FICTION: GHANA]. DJOLETO, Amu. THE STRANGE MAN. [issued as African Writers Series No. 41]. Twelvemo, pictorial wrappers, pp. [viii], 279. Amu Djoleto was born in a small village in Ghana in 1929. read more
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