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040			_aBaker & Taylor _cBaker & Taylor
050	1	4	_aPR9379.9.A35 _bO9 1994
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090			_aPR 9379.9 .A35 O9 1994
100	1		_aAidoo, Ama Ata, _d1942- _993164
245	1	0	_aOur Sister Killjoy : _bor, Reflections from a black-eyed squint / _cAma Ata Aidoo.
246	3	0	_aReflections from a black-eyed squint
260			_aLondon, UK ; _bNew York, NY : _bLongman, _c1994, c1977.
300			_a134 p. ; _c20 cm.
440		0	_aLongman African writers _9119097
500			_a"First published by 1977"--T.p. verso.
520			_a"Ata Aidoo's Our Sister Killjoy: or, Reflections from a Black-Eyed Squint (1979) is a relentless attack on the notions of exile as relief from the societal constraints of national development and freedom to live in a cultural environment suitable for creativity. In this work, Aidoo questions certain prescribed theories of exile including the reasons for exile--particularly among African men. The novel exposes a rarely heard viewpoint in literature in English--that of the African woman exile; Aidoo's protagonist Sissie, as the "eye" of her people, is a sojourner in the "civilized" world of the colonizers. Our Sister Killjoy, which reflects Aidoo's own travels abroad, was written partially in the United States. Moreover, although it was published in 1979, first editions carry a 1966 copyright, closer to the time in which she was traveling. Although Aidoo experienced the supposed freedom of exile herself, her personalized prose-poem-novel illustrates her commitment to rebuild her former colonized home and confront those who have forgotten their duty to their native land...." _From Literay Criticism in Literature Resource Center.
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650		0	_aWomen and literature _zGhana _xHistory _y20th century _9119102
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