Don't Whisper Too Much and Portrait of a Young Artiste from Bona Mbella (Hardcover)

Don’t Whisper Too Much was the first work of fiction by an African writer to present love stories between African women in a positive light. Bona Mbella is the second. In presenting the emotional and romantic lives of gay, African women, Ekotto comments upon larger issues that affect these women, including Africa as a post-colonial space, the circulation of knowledge, and the question of who writes history. In recounting the beauty and complexity of relationships between women who love women, Ekotto inscribes these stories within African history, both past and present. Don’t Whisper Too Much follows young village girl Ada’s quest to write her story on her own terms, outside of heteronormative history. Bona Mbella focuses upon the life of a young woman from a poor neighborhood in an African megalopolis. And “Panè,� a love story, brings the many themes from Don’t Whisper Much and Bona Mbella together as it explores how emotional and sexual connections between women have the power to transform, even in the face of great humiliation and suffering. Each story in the collection addresses how female sexuality is often marked by violence, and yet is also a place for emotional connection, pleasure and agency. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.

General

Imprint:	Bucknell University Press,U.S.
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	The Griot Project Book Series
Release date:	April 2019
Authors:	Frieda Ekotto
Translators:	Corine Tachtiris
Introduction by:	Lindsey Green-Simms
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	210
ISBN-13:	978-1-68448-027-2
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-68448-027-2
Barcode:	9781684480272

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