The Politics of Exile: Ama Ata Aidoo's Our Sister Killjoy
Ama Ata Aidoo's Our Sister Killjoy or Reflections from a Black-Eyed Squint is a relentless attack on the notions of exile as relief from the societal constraints of national development and freedom to live in a cultural environment conducive to creativity. In this personalized prose/poem, Aid...
Main Author: | Gay Wilentz |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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New Prairie Press
1991-01-01
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Series: | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature |
Online Access: | http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol15/iss1/12 |
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