Veronique Tadjo

• Jan-1989
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• Apr-2002
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Beloved by all children, Grandma Nana is known for telling wonderful stories and riddles that make everyone laugh. She also has a very special doll, unlike any the children have seen before, that is very close to her heart....

• Apr-2002
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When Mamy Wata, the queen of all waters, finds a supposedly frightening monster crying in his cave, she is touched by his tears and wonders how she can make him happy again....

• Oct-2002
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• Mar-2008
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• Apr-2008
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A multi-layered narrative comprising a series of interwoven short stories and poetic texts which can be read within continental Africa, the African Diaspora and beyond. Tadjo imagines an African society on the brink of total collapse yet there is no ...

• Dec-2009
• / Literary
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Tadjo uses her powerful and fertile imagination to rekindle an ancient Akan myth and deliberately sets it ablaze. Woven into the historic frame of the founding of the Baoule people by Queen Abraha Pokou in 18th Century Cote d’Ivoir...

• May-2011
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Little Ayanda loves her father so dearly that when he disappears, she decides never to grow up. When her mother gets sick, she changes her mind and grows bigger to help her family, but unexpected trouble...

• May-2012
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"He was a magnificent man with hands that smiled at anyone who knew how to look at them. His long fingers and the beauty of his gestures evoked poetry. But what made you dream was the rhythmic lilt in the tone of his voice and its ability to both spe...

• Jul-2012
• / General Fiction
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Retold and illustrated with a South African flair, this book is a charming adaptation of an original fairy tale with universal qualities. Gogo Goat warns her seven children not to allow Hyena into the ho...

• Apr-2014
• / Literary
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"To attain some sort of universal value," Véronique Tadjo has said, "a piece of work has to go deep into the particular in order to reveal our shared humanity." In Far from My Father, the latest novel from this internationally acclaimed author, a wo...

• Mar-2021
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WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZEHarper’s Bazaar: Best Book of the Year   Boston Globe: Best Book of the Year Ms. Magazine: Best Feminist Book of the Year Words Without Borders: Best Translated Book of the Year Drawing ...