Osiris rising : a novel of Africa past, present, and future /

This novel is structured after Africa's oldest narrative, the Isis-Osiris myth cycle. Traveling to Africa on a search for lifework and love, Ast, an African American scholar, gets immersed in history as living continuity. In a pillaged society where slaveraiders' heirs masquerade as aid d...

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Main Author: Armah, Ayi Kwei, 1939-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Popenguine, Senegal : Per Ankh, [2008]
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Summary:This novel is structured after Africa's oldest narrative, the Isis-Osiris myth cycle. Traveling to Africa on a search for lifework and love, Ast, an African American scholar, gets immersed in history as living continuity. In a pillaged society where slaveraiders' heirs masquerade as aid donors, and colonies are disguised as nations, Ast still finds her home in a quiet community working to bring the continent's people together.The love of friends focused on the making of an African future absorbs her pained consciousness of a world dstroyed -- From back cover.
Physical Description:348 pages ; 22 cm.
ISBN:2911928008
9782911928000