Books by Djaili Amadou Amal (2)


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Tålamod by Djaili Amadou Amal SV

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Cameroon flag Cameroon
Description:
Tre kvinnor. Tre berättelser. Tre sammanlänkade öden. En dag får Ramla veta att hon ska gifta sig med sin pappas äldre affärspartner. Samma dag ska hennes syster Hindou giftas bort med deras våldsamma kusin. För Safira, som sedan länge är gift med mannen Ramla lovats bort till, kastas hela tillvaron omkull. Ingen av dem har tillfrågats, ingen har heller någon väg ut. Munyal -- ha tålamod! lyder istället uppmaningen från en omedgörlig omgivning, där traditioner, familjeband och ekonomiska förh&... continue

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The Impatient by Djaïli Amadou Amal EN

Rating: 3 (1 vote)
Country: Africa / Cameroon flag Cameroon
Description:
A powerful, heartrending, and insightful novel of a trio of women in Cameroon who dare to rebel against oppressive, long-held cultural traditions—including polygamy and domestic abuse—that define and limit their lives. Three women, three stories, three linked destinies . . . In North Cameroon, well-to-do young Ramla is torn from her true love and wed to a manipulative older man. Safira, her co-wife, juggles envy and empathy for this new bride with disappointment in the husband she desperately loves. Like her older sister, Ramla, Hindou is married off to a man she does not know or want, a dista... continue