Sankofa

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Anna is at a stage of her life when she's beginning to wonder who she really
is. She has separated from her husband, her daughter is all grown up, and her
mother - the only parent who raised her - is dead.

Searching through her mother's belongings, she finds clues about the West
African father she never knew. Through reading his student diary, chronicling
his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London, she discovers that he
eventually became the president (some would say the dictator) of a small
nation in West Africa - and he is still alive. She decides to track him down
and so begins a funny, painful, fascinating journey, and an exploration of
race, identity and what we pass on to our children.



### Praise for SANKOFA:


'A captivating story about a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of
the West African father she never knew' REESE WITHERSPOON

'I loved venturing from London to the fictional African nation of Bamana in
Sankofa, a novel I found hard to put down' DAILY MAIL

'A real pleasure, it's funny, thought-provoking and holds a light up to
everything from cultural differences to colonialism' STYLIST

'I LOVED Sankofa SO MUCH' MARIAN KEYES

'Slick pacing and unpredictable developments keep the reader alert right up to
the novel's exhilarating ending' GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY

'Onuzo's sneakily breezy, highly entertaining novel leaves the reader
rethinking familiar narratives of colonisation, inheritance and liberation'
NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

'A really great book, very poignant' SARA COX