So much has been written about this book here on CBR, I almost had no choice but to read it. But I wasn’t in the right frame of mind when I finally got it from Overdrive. It took me days to get into it, and I read multiple books in between the early chapters. But I stuck with it because the premise was very good, and it has received near universal praise (both here, and in the broader literary world). Sticking with a book that […]
Let’s talk about your relationship with your Father(land)
Let’s summarize quickly and chronologically: Kweku Sai, a Ghanian man, is expelled from Nigeria in the “Ghana Must Go” policy in the 80s. He becomes a renowned surgeon in Boston where he also has a wonderful Nigerian wife and four intelligent, beautiful children. After a career-ending indignity, he abandons his family to return to Accra, leaving emotionally damaged children and an overwhelmed wife in his wake. When he dies (don’t worry, not a spoiler), the family re-convenes in Ghana, and each person (and, consequently, the […]