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Freshwater

Akwaeke Emezi
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West Africa

Nigeria

Era

Contemporary

Language

English

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Fiction

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A novel drawing on Igbo ontology and embodiment to narrate selfhood, spirit, fracture, and survival through the life of Ada.

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A major contemporary work connecting African cosmology, gender, body, and experimental narrative form.

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A novel drawing on Igbo ontology and embodiment to narrate selfhood, spirit, fracture, and survival through the life of Ada. A major contemporary work connecting African cosmology, gender, body, and experimental narrative form.

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