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Queen Pokou : Concerto for a Sacrifice. Veronique Tadjo
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Author: Veronique TadjoPublished Date: 19 Dec 2009
Publisher: Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd
Original Languages: English
Format: Paperback::70 pages
ISBN10: 0955507995
ISBN13: 9780955507991
File size: 55 Mb
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Dimension: 129x 198x 7.62mm::102g
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Download free book Queen Pokou : Concerto for a Sacrifice. Her previous novel, Queen Pokou: Concerto for a Sacrifice, was named an NPR Favorite Book of 2010. The original edition in French won the Le Grand Prix Littéraire d Afrique Noire. Both books were translated into English New College Professor of French Amy Baram Reid. Queen Pokou: Concerto for a Sacrifice Veronique Tadjo 18th century Baoule queen who sacrifices her child for the survival of her people. Its a book that recounts the legend of a West African Queen who sacrificed her son to Queen Pokou: Concerto for a Sacrifice - Véronique Tadjo - Bjorn, 1, 12 This article proposes a reading of three texts The Blind Kingdom (1990), Queen Pokou. Concerto for a sacrifice (2004) and Far from my Father (2010) written the Ivorian author Véronique Tadjo, in order to examine the author's representation of, and reflexion on separation and division, be it within a nation, amongst groups, or in the heart Aprs Vronique Tadjo pour son roman Reine Pokou, concerto pour un sacrifice, la dernire laurate ivoirienne en date, cest au tour du DG-crivain, que dire, Known for: The shadow of Imana (2002); The blind kingdom (2008); Mamy Wata and the Monster (English) (2000); Queen Pokou: Concerto for a Sacrifice (2010) The legend of Queen Pokou (which I recount in my book Queen Pokou, concerto for a sacrifice) comes from the corpus of Akan oral tradition. Queen Pokou became the leader of a breakaway group from the main Ashanti Confederacy, which she refused to join. Disagreements among the factions resulted in war. Pokou led her group westward, through a long, arduous journey, to the Komoé River. Legend has it that she had to sacrifice her only son for her people to cross the river. Reine Pokou: Concerto Pour Un Sacrifice (Queen Pokou: Concerto for a Sacrifice) is a remarkable little 90-page novella. Tadjo starts off telling the above Her other translations include Queen Pokou: Concerto for a Sacrifice (2009) and Far from My Father (2014), both Véronique Tadjo. She is a professor of French and Gender Studies at New College of Florida. More about Amy B. Reid Like what you read? Help WWB bring you the best new writing from around the world. Author: Veronique Tadjo Translator: Kim Wood. 24. Mamy Wata and the Monster: English-Bengali ISBN: 9781840592658 - Paperback - List Price: $9.95 Publisher: Milet Ltd - Published Date: 04/01/2002 - Paperback Author: Veronique Tadjo. 25. Queen Pokou: Concerto for a Sacrifice ISBN: 9780955507991 - Paperback - List Price: $14.50 See details and download book: Text Books Free Downloads Queen Pokou Concerto For A Sacrifice Veronique Tadjo Pdf Ibook Pdb. Queen Pokou:concerto for a sacrifice. Responsibility: Véronique Tadjo;translated from the French Amy Baram Reid. Uniform Title: Reine Pokou. English Queen Pokou aims at something different. In 2005, her novel Reine Pokou, concerto pour un sacrifice (novel) was awarded Le Grand Prix Littéraire d Afrique Concerto for a sacrifice (2004) and Far from my father translated into English) and Queen Pokou, gives a universal quality to the author's. The Legend of Queen Abraham Pokou: an Introduction.Véronique Tadjo, Queen Pokou: Concerto for a Sacrifice, Oxfordshire, UK: Ayebia Clarke Publishing Mount Pleasant, 2016: Library of Congress/NACO. Queen Pokou:concerto for a sacrifice, Library of Congress/NACO. Reine Pokou. Library of Congress/NACO. Reine Pokou: Concerto pour un sacrifice [Queen Pokou] (novel) 2005. Chasing the Sun: Stories from Africa [editor and illustrator] (short stories) Her 2006 short novel La Reine Pokou: Concerto pour un sacrifice revisits the founding myth of the Ashanti kingdom and of the birth of the Baoulé people, the first ethnic group to settle in the southern part of Cote d Ivoire and from which the country originated.
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