Your Name Shall Be Tanga |
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| Author:
| Beyala, Calixthe |
| Series title: | African Writers Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-435-90950-5 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 1996 |
| Publisher: | Heinemann
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| Imprint: | African Writers Series |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $10.95 |
Book Description:
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In a West African prison cell a young woman, Tanga, is dying. Her only companion, Anna-Claude, is on the brink of madness. Anna-Claude retells Tanga's grim story of incest, betrayal, prostitution, bereavement, and crime. As Tanga shares her tale with Anna-Claude, the older woman progressively becomes Tanga, fusing the two identities. Through this physical and spiritual communion, Calixthe Beyala underlines the solidarity that unites women across racial, religious, class, and national lines.
In a West African prison cell a young woman, Tanga, is dying. Her only companion, Anna-Claude, is on the brink of madness. Anna-Claude retells Tanga's grim story of incest, betrayal, prostitution, bereavement, and crime. As Tanga shares her tale with Anna-Claude, the older woman progressively becomes Tanga, fusing the two identities. Through this physical and spiritual communion, Calixthe Beyala underlines the solidarity that unites women across racial, religious, class, and national lines.