The slave girl: a novel
โ Scribed by Emecheta, Buchi
- Publisher
- George Braziller Inc.
- Year
- 1977;2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 126 KB
- Edition
- 11th ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0807609528
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โฆ Synopsis
"Her graphically detailed pictures of tribal life make the novel memorable."--Chicago Tribune The Slave Girl follows the fortunes of Ogbanje Ojebeta, a Nigerian woman who is sold into slavery in her own land after disease and tragedy leave her orphaned as a child. In her fellow slaves, she finds a surrogate family that clings together under the unbending will of their master. As Ogbanje Ojebeta becomes a woman and discovers her need for home and family, and for freedom and identity, she realizes that she must ultimately choose her own destiny.
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