She gets married for a third time, to Kwadwo Fordwuo who, throughout the novel is supportive of her despite her troubles and loved her for her sympathy and insight, not based on her reproduction value.Įventually our disenchanted protagonist struggles to meet the demands of sacrifice and rejects her mother interference. Pokuwaa resorts to a fetish priest and herbalist relying on her strong belief of the great Tano, son of Asase Yaa. Due to cultural pressures of this matrilineal society, her mother constantly complains and is obsessively intrusive. Despite her drudgery and independent wealth, her lack of a socially acceptable family model robs her of respect within her community. She’s a single successful farmer who had been divorced twice because of her incapability to bear a child. We’re introduced to Pokuwaa, a middle aged woman in an unusual predicament under the guise of how womanhood is defined within her space and time.
‘Woman in her Prime’ sets us in the village of Brenhoma, in the Ashanti kingdom before British penetration. He is also highlighting indigenous sovereign systems of spirituality with a focus on Akan cosmology - whilst maintaining a critical distance. Occasional papers, no.With this tale published in 1967, Samuel Asare Konadu deals with gender and the inner workings of a matrilineal society in a pre-colonial African setting. Ghanaian imaginative writing in English, 1950-1969: An annotated bibliography, (Department of Library Studies, University of Ghana, Legon. This Earth, My Brother (African Writers Series, 108) Messages: Poems from Ghana (African Writers Series) Praise Song for the Land: Poems of Hope & Love & Care Harvest of Our Dreams (African writers series) The Rot of the Land and the Birth of the Beautyful Ones: The World of Ayi Kwei Armah's Novels The Boys Who Wanted Bush Meat (Junior Readers Series, 3, 3) The marriage experiment and other stories The Marriage of Anansewa/Edufa: Two Plays (Longman African Classics Series) Marry me in Africa (African foundations series) Kwabena : An African Boy's Journey of Faith The Eloquence of the Scribes: A Memoir on the Sources and Resources of African Literature Osiris rising: A novel of Africa past, present, and future The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born a Novel The Girl Who Can (African Writers Series)Ĭome back Dora: A husband's confession and ritual Our Sister Kill Joy or Reflections from a Black-Eyed Squint The Garden Country - In English.Īma Ata (Afterword by Tuzyline Jita Allan) Aidoo A decade of thoughts of a native daughter
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