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Afua Ansong Black Ballad (Paperback) Editors Selection/Frost Place Competitio. Author: Afua Ansong. For a young Ghanaian girl who traveled from the hot winds of Accra to the pulsating rhythms of the Bronx, belonging is elusive. Afua Ansong sounds the chant of joy into existence. Further DetailsTitle: Black Ballad Condition: New Author: Afua Ansong Format: Paperback EAN: 9781949344264 ISBN: 9781949344264 Publisher: Bull City Press Genre: Society & Culture Topic: Gender Sex & Relationships, Social Sciences, Poetry & Drama Release Date: 07/12/2022 Description: For a young Ghanaian girl who traveled from the hot winds of Accra to the pulsating rhythms of the Bronx, belonging is elusive. Torn between her desires to be West African and American at the same time, she negotiates linguistic and cultural barriers that force her to reinvent herself. Set in spaces that often drown out the songs of Black women, Black Ballad offers us poems of compassion toward womanhood, toward rediscovery in the exhaustion of migration. Afua Ansong sounds the chant of joy into existence. Language: English Country/Region of Manufacture: US Item Height: 192mm Item Length: 144mm Series: Editors Selection/Frost Place Competitio Release Year: 2022 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.