Title: Unexpected Joy At Dawn Author: Alex Agyei-Agyiri Genre: Novel Publisher: Sub-Saharan Publishers Pages: 331 Year: 2004 Country: Ghana Unexpected Joy at Dawn is a story of two siblings, Nii and Mama Orojo, during the 1983 deportation of Ghanaians from Nigeria under the Shehu Shagari government. Nii, who is a Nigerian by blood but a Ghanaian by birth, was left in Ghana by his parents as they made the tortuous journey to Nigeria when Ghana enacted the Aliens Compliance Order of 1969, which made every person living in Ghana without the required papers an alien. His name was changed to reflect the name of his adopted parents. After fourteen years of living in hardship in Ghana, which involves living in slums even though he was an Assistant Manager at a bank, taking on multiple jobs, not being able to bury a wife and being chased around by market women for purported 'fraud', he decided to go to Nigeria in search of his roots. Besides, he entertained the fears of being
Another wise proverb. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting proverb.
ReplyDelete@Geosi, thanks
ReplyDelete@Amy... yes, we take these things very seriously. lol.
ReplyDelete@Geosi, I took it from the Book 'Bu me Bε'
You say it all brother and thanks for the good job you been doing for mother Ghana.Your reward is not a distant away.Is there any other way I can also share proverbs on this site?
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@AAB... currently I choose the proverbs from the Akan Bu me Bε book. However, you can inbox me on facebook with all the translation and usage and I would share it with others.
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