Ama Ata Aidoo’s debut novel testifies to Africa’s problems with relation to Western interference and the predicament in which the continent finds itself today. Through personal observations and conversations, Sissie, the Ghanaian protagonist, delivers a sarcastic and humorous discourse on a myriad of issues ranging from the borrowed Victorian idea of billing strong, outspoken women as unladylike to white saviour-ism.  

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