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The Hundred Wells of Salaga Ayesha Harruna Attah

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The Hundred Wells of Salaga By Ayesha Harruna Attah

The Hundred Wells of Salaga by Ayesha Harruna Attah


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The Hundred Wells of Salaga is a story of two women's paths crossing in pre-colonial Ghana, during the scramble for Africa. It follows their relationships, desires, and struggles while the world around them is quickly changing.

The Hundred Wells of Salaga Summary

The Hundred Wells of Salaga by Ayesha Harruna Attah

Aminah lives an idyllic life until she is brutally separated from her home and forced on a journey that turns her from a daydreamer into a resilient woman. Wurche, the willful daughter of a chief, is desperate to play an important role in her father's court. These two women's lives converge as infighting among Wurche's people threatens the region, during the height of the slave trade at the end of the 19th century. Set in pre-colonial Ghana, The Hundred Wells of Salaga is a story of courage, forgiveness, love and freedom. Through the experiences of Aminah and Wurche, it offers a remarkable view of slavery and how the scramble for Africa affected the lives of everyday people.

About Ayesha Harruna Attah

Ayesha grew up in Accra and was educated at Mount Holyoke College, Columbia University, and NYU. Her writing has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Asymptote Magazine, and the Caine Prize Writers' 2010 Anthology. Her debut novel, Harmattan Rain, (Per Ankh Publishers) was nominated for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 2010. Her second novel, Saturday's Shadows, was published in English (World Editions) and Dutch (De Geus) in 2015. Ayesha is a 2014 Africa Centre Artists in Residency Award Laureate and Instituto Sacatar Fellow. She was awarded the 2016 Miles Morland Foundation Scholarship for non-fiction. She lives in Senegal.

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GOR009736411
9781911115519
1911115510
The Hundred Wells of Salaga by Ayesha Harruna Attah
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Cassava Republic Press
20180508
234
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