Guanya Pau - A Story of an African Princess (Paperback)

Origins are often obscure and beginnings easily forgotten. The first novel ever published by an African has, until now, been lost in rare book collections, unknown to scholars and public alike. Now reissued a century after its first publication, Joseph J. Walters's "Guanya Pau" can be reread in the context of a varied and vigorous African literature. Its subject and the author's outlook make it remarkably modern.
"Guanya Pau" deals with the desire of Guanya, an African princess, to escape a repulsive fate: betrothal to a wealthy man twenty years older than she. Worse, he is a polygamist, compensating for his own ugliness with the beauty of many wives. Guanya must combat his eagerness, her mother's wish, and a tribal tradition that is as entrenched as it is oppressive. When she cannot fight, she flees, encountering fierce anti-feminine practices everywhere she goes.

General

Imprint:	University of Nebraska Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	Joseph J. Walters
Foreword by:	Oyekan Owomoyela
Dimensions:	203 x 135 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	142
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-9755-5
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-8032-9755-6
Barcode:	9780803297555

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