A radical collection of love stories from African women.
In this collection of short stories, Aidoo elevates the mundane in women's lives to an intellectual level in an attempt at challenging patriarchal structures and dominance in African society.[...]
Confronted with the difficulty of finding love and companionship on acceptable terms, Esi meets Ali and falls in love, but she must decide if she is willing to make the changes necessary for a relationship. This is a story about Esi, an independent woman who leaves her husband, Oko, because he intru[...]
These two witty and perceptive social dramas are sympathetic and honest explorations of the conflicts between the individualism of westernised culture and the social traditions of Africa. Both plays have been performed throughout the world.[...]
Out of Africa with her degree and her all seeing eyes comes Sissie. She comes to Europe, to a land of towering mountains and low grey skies and tries to makes sense of it all. What is she doing here? Why aren't the natives friendly? And what will she do when she goes back home? A profound version o[...]
"Changes" explores the complex world in which the lives of professional working women have changed sharply, but the cultural assumptions of men's lives have not. Witty and compelling, Aidoo's novel, according to Manthia Diawara, "inaugurates a new realist style in African literature."
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Esi, en välutbildad yrkeskvinna mitt karriären får nog av sin man Oko efter vad han kallar ett försök till försoning men som hon kallar äktenskaplig våldtäkt. Esis vänner, hennes mor och mormor tycker först att hon är galen. Lämna sin man? Och dessutom, vem har hört talats om något s�[...]