- Paperback: 1 pages
- Publisher: George Braziller, Inc. (May 25 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0807609528
- ISBN-13: 978-0807609521
- Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 13.7 x 1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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#302,298 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #17 in Books > Literature & Fiction > World Literature > African > West African
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Her graphically detailed pictures of tribal life...make the novel memorable. -- Chicago Tribune
Book Description
On the death of her parents, an young Ibo girl's greedy brother sells her to a wealthy relative and she must learn to live the life of a slave. She clings to her sense of identity, determined to be free one day. This novel, by a Nigerian-born author, won the Jock Campbell "New Statesman" Award.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
thought provoking,
Ce commentaire est de: Slave Girl (Paperback)
Once again Ms Emecheta has written a thought provoking and captivating book about domestic slavery in Nigeria. The setting is in Nigeria in the early 20th Century and wound around significant events of the time such as the Influenza epidemic, Aba market women's riot,colonization and arrival of the missionaries. The heroine a young girl is sold into slavery by her own brother after the death of their parents in the influenze epidemic. The story details the twists and turns in her life while in bondage, her eventual return to her people and subsequent events.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining and Realistic,
By A Customer
Ce commentaire est de: Slave Girl (Paperback)
Though a novel, this tale shows the type of slavery that has continued to exist in Africa until very recently, and continues in some parts today. Emecheta presents a girl's predicament from a personal perspective, telling the reader both why slavery was seen as necessary and how it hurt this child. She also makes clear that this is a very different kind of slavery than that pictured by Americans. Well-written and only half fiction, this novel is a good read for anyone interested in West African culture.
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4.2 out of 5 stars (5 customer reviews) 12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
thought provoking,
By Olumide Ogunremi - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Slave Girl (Paperback)
Once again Ms Emecheta has written a thought provoking and captivating book about domestic slavery in Nigeria. The setting is in Nigeria in the early 20th Century and wound around significant events of the time such as the Influenza epidemic, Aba market women's riot,colonization and arrival of the missionaries. The heroine a young girl is sold into slavery by her own brother after the death of their parents in the influenze epidemic. The story details the twists and turns in her life while in bondage, her eventual return to her people and subsequent events.
12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining and Realistic,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
Ce commentaire est de: Slave Girl (Paperback)
Though a novel, this tale shows the type of slavery that has continued to exist in Africa until very recently, and continues in some parts today. Emecheta presents a girl's predicament from a personal perspective, telling the reader both why slavery was seen as necessary and how it hurt this child. She also makes clear that this is a very different kind of slavery than that pictured by Americans. Well-written and only half fiction, this novel is a good read for anyone interested in West African culture.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Wonderful learning experience,
By ohema "O2004" - Published on Amazon.com
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Ce commentaire est de: Slave Girl (Paperback)
This novel offers a more accurate narrative of African Identity. It charts the journey of a young girl from slavery to freedom, but more importantly it refutes a Western Fairytale ending. Instead the novel inserts its reader into the Igbo way of thinking and living, and their terms of a happy ending. I enjoyed this novel tremendously. It is a good read.
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