Sankofa: 'A fantastic novel about a woman's search for her identity' SEFI ATTA

Sankofa is a novel by Mariama Ndoye that follows Anna, a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of her West African father she never knew. She discovers that he became the president of a small nation in West Africa and is still alive. The book explores race, identity, and what we pass on to our children. It is a BBC 2 Between the Covers Book Club Pick, a Women's Prize for Fiction Futures Prize Shortlist, an Amazon Best Book of the Year, and a Guardian Book of the Day.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 03 June 2021
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group

A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK
A BBC 2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION FUTURES PRIZE
AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

'A captivating story about a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the West African father she never knew' REESE WITHERSPOON

Anna is at a stage of her life when she's beginning to wonder who she really is. She has separated from her husband, her daughter is all grown up, and her mother - the only parent who raised her - is dead.

Searching through her mother's belongings, she finds clues about the West African father she never knew. Through reading his student diary, chronicling his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London, she discovers that he eventually became the president (some would say the dictator) of a small nation in West Africa - and he is still alive. She decides to track him down and so begins a funny, painful, fascinating journey, and an exploration of race, identity and what we pass on to our children.

'A real pleasure, it's funny, thought-provoking and holds a light up to everything from cultural differences to colonialism' STYLIST

'I LOVED Sankofa SO MUCH' MARIAN KEYES

'Slick pacing and unpredictable developments keep the reader alert right up to the novel's exhilarating ending' GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE DAY

'Onuzo's sneakily breezy, highly entertaining novel leaves the reader rethinking familiar narratives of colonisation, inheritance and liberation' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

'A really great book, very poignant' SARA COX

Weight: 426g
Dimension: 144 x 224 x 33 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780349013152