Out of Africa with her degree and her all-seeing eyes comes Sisse. She comes to Europe, to a land of toering mountains and low grey skies and tries...
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Jan 04, 2011
Osho
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A surprisingly complex and nuanced account of the narrator's travels from Ghana to Europe and other destinations. Don't let editorial reviews fool you with their domesticated descriptions--this is a much better book than they would lead yo to believe. It addresses not only colonialism and overt, individual acts of racism, but also ingrained racist perspectives that are obvious when one is their object yet inexplicable and invisible when one is not. The book is written in a pasti More...
A surprisingly complex and nuanced account of the narrator's travels from Ghana to Europe and other destinations. Don't let editorial reviews fool you with their domesticated descriptions--this is a much better book than they would lead yo to believe. It addresses not only colonialism and overt, individual acts of racism, but also ingrained racist perspectives that are obvious when one is their object yet inexplicable and invisible when one is not. The book is written in a pasti More...
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Feb 01, 2011
Kim
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Hmmm - very mixed feelings about this book
for 3/4s of it i loved it.
I loved the prsoey poerty - or was that poerty-like prose. I am not a fan of poetry because I can never work out what its about but in this book it was all just so obvious
I loved lots of Aidoo's langauge and the visuals she created.
"...bottled affairs from the beauty busines. Fragile weapons for a ferocious war."
I wish I had written that
I felt alongside Sissie to some extent - beingou More...
for 3/4s of it i loved it.
I loved the prsoey poerty - or was that poerty-like prose. I am not a fan of poetry because I can never work out what its about but in this book it was all just so obvious
I loved lots of Aidoo's langauge and the visuals she created.
"...bottled affairs from the beauty busines. Fragile weapons for a ferocious war."
I wish I had written that
I felt alongside Sissie to some extent - beingou More...
May 12, 2007
Maythee
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This creative work, which mixes poetry and prose, speaks to the political and personal violence of European colonialism in Africa. I like how it presents Sissie's journey of defining herself as an educated woman of color within a society that has supposedly "moved beyond" this experience.
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Mar 11, 2010
Dani
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Feb 11, 2010
Shafiqah
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Fantastic read! A wonderful perspective on feminism, Imperialism, the perils of immigration from an African Woman's perspective. It amazes me of the timeliness of a piece written in the 1970s. It is a powerful meditation on the problems of Africa and the world that allows it to be so.
May 27, 2010
Petter
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An awesome, slightly weird book about a young woman from Ghana who goes to Germany to study in the '60's. She's not wide-eyed, she's cool.
Nov 03, 2010
Allie
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The story of a young South African woman on scholarship in Europe, Our Sister Killjoy preserves many of the contradictions its protagonist, Sissie, faces in her travel. The book balances lyrical narrative and the bitterness many Africans (particularly African scholars) feel toward the West beautifully in prose poetry and extends a hand to the oppressed of several historical events, notably the Holocaust. The narrator tears the reader between Sissie's angry asides and social niceties in a way tha
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Dec 16, 2009
Melissa
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I don't really agree with the main character's view point on how to reclaim Africa from the European culture, but the poetic prose style of this small book is beautiful. It's a great look into one woman's view on the effects and possible solution to the culture and economic oppression that is prominent in Africa.
Dec 17, 2009
Ryl F
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Aidoo's writing is absolutely mesmerizing. She gets right to the heart of the matter and shows it for what it is with a beautiful mix of poetry, prose, and stream-of-consciousness that sings off the page.
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