Our Sister Killjoy by Ama Ata Aidoo

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Our Sister Killjoy by Ama Ata Aidoo

A short, sharp, and revolutionary novel about a Ghanaian woman's journey through Europe, and her refusal to be impressed. Sissie travels from Accra to London, Germany, and Moscow, observing the lonely lives of African expatriates, the cold sterility of the West, and Black men who abandon their own to please white women. Daring, funny, and told in a unique mix of prose and poetry, this is a searing attack on neocolonialism, assimilation, and the myth of Western superiority. A groundbreaking work of African feminism and one of Aidoo's most beloved novels.