Ayesha Harruna Attah

A sweeping adventure with richly evocative historical settings, The Deep Blue Between is a moving story of the bonds that can endure even the most dramatic change.

The Deep Blue Between

Aminah lives an idyllic life until she is brutally separated from her home and forced on a journey that turns her from a daydreamer into a resilient woman. Wurche, the willful daughter of a chief, is desperate to play an important role in her father's court. These two women's lives converge as infighting among Wurche's people threatens the region, during the height of the slave trade at the end of the 19th century.Set in pre-colonial Ghana, The Hundred Wells of Salaga is a story of courage, forgiveness, love and freedom. Through the experiences of Aminah and Wurche, it offers a remarkable view of slavery and how the scramble for Africa affected the lives of everyday people.

The Hundred Wells of Salaga

Zainab Takes New York

A Novel

Harmattan Rain

Jovens irmãs separadas. Uma no Brasil e a outra na África. Emocionante, lírico e com cenários historicamente ricos, O imenso azul entre nós é uma história sobre laços tão fortes que independem da distância As gêmeas Hassana e Husseina são separadas após um ataque brutal à sua aldeia, em 1892. A partir desse traumático evento, ambas são escravizadas e seguem caminhos separados, que as levam a diferentes cidades, países e até continentes. Enquanto Hassana fica na Costa do Ouro africana, Husseina cruza o oceano até a Bahia, onde é iniciada no Candomblé. Com o passar do tempo, as irmãs crescem e levam vidas completamente diferentes em muitos aspectos, mas com algo em comum: o sentimento de que há algo faltando. Apesar da distância, elas continuam ligadas uma à outra por meio de seus sonhos. Mas será que o destino as reunirá novamente?

O imenso azul entre nós

Westafrika, Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts. Aminah, ein verträumtes junges Mädchen, wird brutal aus ihrem Zuhause gerissen und als Sklavin verkauft. Wurche ist eine privilegierte Frau, doch ihr Vater zwingt sie, eine ungewollte Ehe einzugehen. Als Aminah und Wurche sich auf dem Sklavenmarkt von Salaga begegnen, verbinden sich ihre Schicksale unwiderruflich miteinander. Beide hadern mit den Grenzen, die ihnen Zeit und Gesellschaft auferlegen. Beide riskieren ihr Leben. Und beide verlieben sich in denselben Mann.

Roman

Die Frauen von Salaga

Twin sisters Hassana and Husseina have always shared their lives. But after a raid on their village in 1892, the twins are torn apart. Taken in different directions, far from their home in rural West Africa, each sister finds freedom and a new start. Hassana settles in in the city of Accra, where she throws herself into working for political and social change. Husseina travels to Salvador, Brazil, where she becomes immersed in faith, worshipping spirits that bridge the motherland and the new world. Separated by an ocean, they forge new families, ward off dangers, and begin to truly know themselves. As the twins pursue their separate paths, they remain connected through their shared dreams. But will they ever manage to find each other again? “Uplifting . . . sizzles with sister-love and magic. What an incredible storyteller!”—Yaba Badoe, author of A Jigsaw of Fire and Stars

Set in the 1990s in West Africa, Saturday's Shadows is a novel about the slow, yet unpredictable implosion of a marriage. It is also a tale of love and devotion, as well as a study in the psychology of tyrants and how their rule destroys not only their subjects but themselves. Influenced by Naguib Mahfouz's Palace Walk (Anchor, 1956) and William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying (1930), Saturday's Shadows allows its four characters to narrate how they will do almost anything to find themselves.

Saturday's Shadows

Ghana 1892: Die Zwillingsschwestern Hassana und Husseina sind zehn Jahre alt, als ihr Dorf von Sklavenhändlern überfallen und niedergebrannt wird, obwohl Sklaverei bereits verboten ist. Dieses traumatische Ereignis ist jedoch nicht das Ende, sondern der Beginn ihrer Geschichte – eine Geschichte, die sie an fremde Orte und in unbekannte Kulturen führen wird. Die Mädchen werden getrennt und entwickeln sich in Brasilien und an der Goldküste Westafrikas zu ganz unterschiedlichen jungen Frauen. Trotz allem verbindet ein unsichtbares Band die Zwillinge, selbst über tiefe blaue Wasser hinweg. Doch wird das Schicksal sie jemals wieder wirklich zusammenführen?

Ayesha Harruna Attah

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