Aminatta Forna

The Devil That Danced on the Water

Memoir of author's father's political imprisonment and execution in Guinea

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Aminatta Forna
Aminatta Forna

Sierra Leonean-British novelist whose The Memory of Love explores the trauma of Sierra Leone's civil war with lyrical restraint. Her work moves between Africa and Europe with unusual political and psychological insight. She is one of the most important voices in contemporary African-British literature.

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