In the process of looking for works by Ama Ata Aidoo with Kinna's Ghanaian Literature Week in mind, I came across this collection African Love Stories. I requested it from the library and hoped that it would include one of Ama Ata Aidoo's stories, and actually it does not, but her
When I was re-reading the wonderful 84 Charing Cross Road last month, this bit caught my eye: "You’ll be fascinated to learn (from me that hates novels) that I finally got around to Jane Austen and went out of my mind over Pride & Prejudice which I can’t bring myself to
To launch Ghanaian Literature Week, which Kinna is hosting, I've started by reading an interview with Ama Ata Aidoo. It's part of a collection in Writing Across Worlds: Contemporary Writers Talk (Routledge, 2004). There are quite a few interviews of interest, but this week I only have eyes for Ama
Dominique Fabre's The Waitress Was New (2005) Trans. Jordan Stump Archipelago Books, 2008 It begins very simply. "The waitress was new here." Pierre is not new; he has been the barman for years and years and years. When he watches the new waitress approach, it's the perspective of a seasoned
Kinna Reads is hosting the second annual Ghanaian Literature Week which begins Monday, November 14th and runs through Sunday, November 20th. I've gathered a small stack and I'm making bookish plans: one of my favourite things to do...make book lists! So I plan to read one children's book (Adwoa Badoe's Ananse Stories) because I've been curious
