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My First Coup D'Etat : Memories from the Lost Decades of Africa

An important literary debut from the Vice President of Ghana, a fable-like memoir that offers a shimmering microcosm of post-colonial Africa
eBook, English, 2012
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, 2012
1 online resource (214 pages)
9781408832691, 1408832690
1020690419
Intro; Title Page; Contents; Dedication; Epigraph; Introduction: The â#x80;#x9C;Lost Decadesâ#x80;#x9D;; My First Coup dâ#x80;#x99;Etat; The District Commissionerâ#x80;#x99;s Hat; Of Silence and Solidarity; Wild Lions and Little Boys with Catapults; Full Moon Dance; How I Got My Christian Name; Sankofa; Teenagers in Tamale; Frozen Fire; Praise for the Powerful; Union Government; Truth Stands; Perilous Crossings; Ghana Must Go; Providence; Tovarisch; Coda: Return of Hope â#x80;Œ Anaa?; Authorâ#x80;#x99;s Note; Acknowledgements; About the Author; A Note on the Ornament; eCopyright