The Ultimate Tragedy by Sila, Abdulai
The Ultimate Tragedy by Sila, Abdulai

The Ultimate Tragedy

The Ultimate Tragedy is a tale of love and emerging political awareness in an Africa beginning to...
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Author: Abdulai Sila
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Language: English
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The Ultimate Tragedy by Sila, Abdulai

The Ultimate Tragedy

$33.29
The Ultimate Tragedy by Sila, Abdulai

The Ultimate Tragedy

$33.29
Author: Abdulai Sila
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Description
The Ultimate Tragedy is a tale of love and emerging political awareness in an Africa beginning to challenge Portuguese colonial rule.e ]Ndani leaves her village to seek a better life in the capital, finding work as a maid for a Portuguese family. The mistress of the house, Dona Deolinda, embarks on a mission to save Ndani's soul through religious teaching, but the master of the house has less righteous intentions. Ndani is expelled from the house and drifts towards home, where she becomes the wife of a village chief. He has built a mansion and a school to flaunt his power to the local Portuguese administrator, but he abandons Ndani when he finds she's not a virgin. She eventually finds love with the school's teacher, but in tumultuous times, making a future with an educated black man involves a series of hurdles.e ]By turns humorous, heartrending and wise,

Author: Abdulai Sila
Publisher: Dedalus
Published: 08/01/2017
Pages: 188
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.60h x 4.90w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781910213544

About the Author
Sila, Abdulai: - Abdulai Silá¡ was born in 1958 in Catiá, Guinea Bissau. He moved to the capital, Bissau, to complete his school studies and then to Dresden, Germany, to complete a degree in Power Engineering. He currently lives in Bissau and combines telecommunications work with writing. He is the author of four novels, AÀsltima Tragédia, Eterna Paixá£o [Eternal Passion], Mistida [Mixed] and Memárias (Mantic Memories], all of which deal with Bissau-Guinean culture and history.Soutar, Jethro: - Jethro Soutar is a translator of Spanish and Portuguese. His translation of By Night The Mountain Burns, by Equatorial Guinean author Juan Tomá¡sÁvila Laurel, was shortlisted for the 2015 Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. He has translated Argentinian and Brazilian crime fiction, and the Brazilian graphic novel Picture a Favela by André Diniz for SelfMadeHero. In 2014, he co-founded Ragpicker Press and co-edited its debut title, The Football Cránicas, a collection of translated short-form writing from Latin America.
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