Novel
The Strange Man
Amu Djoleto · 1967
Synopsis
The novel, in a comic vein, traces the life of old Mensa, defiant and rebellious since childhood, who has known the sting of corporal punishment and wants to spare his own children from it, over the years before and after Ghana's independence.
Context
The author's first novel, published in 1967, the book was reissued in 2024 by Bloomsbury. The author then gave Money Galore, in 1975, in Heinemann's African Writers Series, then Hurricane of Dust, two novels that deal, according to the Store norske leksikon, with corruption and the abuses of military dictatorship. He also compiled in 1974 an anthology of West African prose and in 1992 his poems, Amid the Swelling Act.
Who it is for
For reading, between laughter and school memories, a Ghanaian novel about childhood and education.
Prizes and reception
No review has been found; the 2024 publisher presents the book as a comic narrative.
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