The Amputated Memory
Werewere Liking, Marjolijn de Jager, Michelle Mielly.."..An expansive, eclectic, and innovative novel."--Women's Review of Books
A modern-day Things Fall Apart, The Amputated Memory explores the ways in which an African woman's memory preserves, and strategically forgets, moments in her tumultuous past as well as the cultural past of her country, in the hopes of making a healthier future possible.
Pinned between the political ambitions of her philandering father, the colonial and global influences of encroaching and exploitative governments, and the traditions of her Cameroon village, Halla Njoke recalls childhood traumas and reconstructs forgotten experiences to reclaim her sense of self. Winner of the Noma Award--previous honorees include Mamphela Ramphele, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, and Ken Saro-Wiwa--The Amputated Memory was called by the Noma jury "a truly remarkable achievement . . . a deeply felt presentation of the female condition in Africa; and a celebration of women as the country's memory."
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Feminist Press
Published: 11/01/2007
ISBN: 9781558615557
Pages: 446
Weight: 1.53lbs
Size: 8.75h x 5.94w x 1.52d
Award: IndieFab awards - Second Place
Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 10/22/2007 pg. 35
Booklist 11/15/2007 pg. 18
Library Journal 12/15/2007 pg. 101
Multicultural Review 06/01/2008 pg. 53