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The hundred wells of Salaga / Ayesha Harruna Attah.
Van Pelt Library PR9379.9.H37 H86 2019
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Attah, Ayesha Harruna.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Slave trade.
- History.
- Slavery.
- Ghana--History--To 1957--Fiction.
- Ghana.
- Slavery--Ghana--History--19th century--Fiction.
- Slave trade--Ghana--History--19th century--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 231 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Other Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "Based on true events, a story of courage, forgiveness, love, and freedom in pre-colonial Ghana, told through the eyes of two women born to vastly different fates. 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 nineteenth century. Through the experiences of Aminah and Wurche, The Hundred Wells of Salaga offers a remarkable view of slavery and how the scramble for Africa affected the lives of everyday people"-- Provided by publisher.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Attah, Ayesha Harruna. Hundred wells of Salaga
- ISBN:
- 9781590519950
- 1590519957
- OCLC:
- 1035458812
- Publisher Number:
- 99976723738
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