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Title: Our Sister Killjoy: Or, Reflections from a Black-Eyed Squint (African Classics) by Ama Ata Aidoo ISBN: 0582308453 Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub Co Pub. Date: 1997 Format: Textbook Binding Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5

Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful, complex novel
Comment: It took me a while to understand the structure of this book, but after I did, it made the themes and Aidoo's narration that much more powerful. The story is told from a young female student's p.o.v.--Sissie is chosen to "represent" Ghana and travels to Europe. In Germany, she befriends a local woman named Marija. During her travels, she grapples with issues regarding colonialism, race, love and nationality.

The novel jumps between prose and poetry, from unbiased narration to the jumbled thoughts running through Sissie's head. There are little treasures that could go un-noticed: the use of "Sissie" as the name, the plums, the story of Kunle's death. This is a story rich with meaning, and a very quick read. I highly recommend it.

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