The Amputated Memory

A Novel

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Gender Studies, Women&, Fiction & Literature, African American, Literary
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Author: Werewere Liking, Marjolijn de Jager, Michelle Mielly ISBN: 9781558618770
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY Publication: September 6, 2014
Imprint: The Feminist Press at CUNY Language: English
Author: Werewere Liking, Marjolijn de Jager, Michelle Mielly
ISBN: 9781558618770
Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Publication: September 6, 2014
Imprint: The Feminist Press at CUNY
Language: English

“….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 Njokè 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.”

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“….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 Njokè 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.”

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