Description
Set against the lingering shadows of colonization, this novel confronts the reader with a clear-eyed exploration of identity, power, and the impulses we struggle to name. Through intimate, searching scenes, it traces how a person comes to recognize the forces that shaped them—and how that recognition can become a hard-won path toward self-possession. The story balances unflinching honesty with a quietly inspirational sensibility, insisting that dignity and agency are possible even when history weighs heavily. With Ken Bugul’s distinctive lyrical intensity and emotional candor, the book offers a profound meditation on belonging, memory, and what it means to claim one’s place in the world.
Available Editions
paperback
University of Virginia Press
Published Jan 1, 2008
180 pages
ISBN: 9780813927374
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Details
First Published
1982
Language
eng
Translation
From: fra
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Abandoned Baobab by Ken Bugul.