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The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter's Memoir by Aminatta Forna (Paperback, 2003)
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'This is a book of quite extraordinary power and beauty. Aminatta's search for the truth that shaped both her childhood and the nation's destiny begins among the country's elite and takes her into the heart of rebel territory.
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An intimate and moving portrait of a family combined with an account of the events which swept through Africa in the post-independence period. Aminatta Forna's intensely personal history is a passionate and vivid account of an African childhood - of an idyll that became a nightmare. As a child she witnessed the upheavals of post-colonial Africa, the bitterness of exile in Britain and the terrible consequences of her dissident father's stand against tyranny. Mohamed Forna, a man of unimpeachable integrity and great charisma, was a new star in the political firmament Sierra Leone as the country faced its future as a fledgling democracy. Always a political firebrand, he was one of the first black students to come to Britain after the war. In Aberdeen he stole the heart of Aminatta's mother, to the dismay of her Presbyterian parents, and returned with her to Sierra Leone. But the new ways of Western parliamentary democracy were tearing old Africa apart, giving rise only to dictatorships and corruption of hitherto undreamed-of magnitude. It was not long before Aminatta's father languished in jail as a prisoner of conscience, and there was worse to come. Aminatta's search for the truth that shaped both her childhood and the nation's destiny begins among the country's elite and takes her into the heart of rebel territory. Determined to break the silence surrounding her father's fate, she ultimately uncovered a conspiracy that penetrated the highest reaches of government and forced the nation's politicians and judiciary to confront their guilt.Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-139780006531265
eBay Product ID (ePID)87095336
Product Key Features
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Devil That Danced on the Water: a Daughter's Memoir
Publication Year2003
SubjectSocial Sciences, History
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaBiographies & True Stories
AuthorAminatta Forna
FormatPaperback
Dimensions
Item Height198 mm
Item Weight280 g
Item Width129 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorAminatta Forna
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- 29 Sep, 2020
The Devil that Danced on Water
I’ve wanted to read this for a while and am looking forward to it. Aminatta is an insightful writer.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
