After the Ceremonies: New and Selected Poems

by Ama Ata Aidoo

Ama Ata Aidoo is one of the best-known African writers today. Spanning three decades of work, the poems in this collection address themes of colonialism, independence, motherhood, and gender in intimate, personal ways alongside commentary on broader social issues. After the Ceremonies is arranged in three parts: new and uncollected poems, some of which Aidoo calls "misplaced or downright lost"; selections from Aidoo's An Angry Letter in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803296940
• ISBN13: 9780803296947
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"