Queen Pokou

Queen Pokou
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Publisher : Ayebia Clarke Publishing
Total Pages : 97
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ISBN-10 : 9780995757035
ISBN-13 : 0995757038
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Book Synopsis Queen Pokou by : Véronique Tadjo

Download or read book Queen Pokou written by Véronique Tadjo and published by Ayebia Clarke Publishing. This book was released on 2009-12-19 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tadjo uses her powerful and fertile imagination to rekindle an ancient Akan myth and deliberately sets it ablaze. Woven into the historic frame of the founding of the Baoule people by Queen Abraha Pokou in 18th Century Cote d’Ivoire. Tadjo explores not only the most intimate of relationships – that between mother and child, but also the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. Ultimately, Tadjo invites us to reflect on the bloody ethnic wars that engulfed West Africa at the end of the 20th century.


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