02067cam a2200373 i 4500 1164928364 TxAuBib 20220127120000.0 210823s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2020948514 9781646220830 hardcover 1646220838 hardcover (OCoLC)1266265927 TOH eng rda rda TOH HBP OCLCO JDP YDX BDX CNNWP GL4 RNL OCLCF LJW SLPLM UOK TxAuBib rda Onuzo, Chibundu, author. Sankofa : a novel / Chibundu Onuzo. New York : Catapult, 2021. ©2021. 296 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier A funny, gripping and surprising story of a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the African father she never knew, by award-winning author Chibundu Onuzo. Anna grew up in England with her white mother and knowing very little about her African father. In middle age, after separating from her husband and with her daughter all grown up, she finds herself alone and wondering who she really is. Her mother's death leads her to find her father's student diaries, chronicling his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London. She discovers that he eventually became the president - some would say the dictator - of Bamana in West Africa. She also discovers that 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. 20220127. Women Race identity Fiction. Self-realization in women Fiction. Racially mixed people Fiction. Bambara (African people) Fiction. Race relations Fiction. Families Fiction. Africa, West Fiction. Humorous fiction. TXKIP