African Writers Series: The Girl Who Can and Other Stories
In this collection of short stories, Aidoo elevates the mundane in women's lives to an intellectual level in an attempt at challenging patriarchal structures and dominance in African society. Written from a child's perspective, Aidoo subverts the traditional beliefs and assumptions about the child's voice. Her inimitable sense of style and eloquence, explores love, marriage and relationships with all the issues they throw up for the contemporary African woman. In doing so, she manages to capture the very essence of womanhood. - Challenges patriarchal structures and dominance in African society - Portrays a child's perspective on traditional African beliefs
Review:
"- "Probably the best known African woman writer". Adeola James "expertly shifts the focus of both the characters & the audience reader's attention and perspectives through a range of emotional, intellectual and social registers, effectively keeping us slightly off balance." VINCENT ODAMTTEN - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA "Her diverse literary achievements in drama, poetry, fiction and essays illuminate struggles and triumphs facing women and men in their post-independence Ghanaian society." KETU KATRAK, FEMINIST PRESS, NEW YORK.
Review:
"- "Probably the best known African woman writer". Adeola James "expertly shifts the focus of both the characters & the audience reader's attention and perspectives through a range of emotional, intellectual and social registers, effectively keeping us slightly off balance." VINCENT ODAMTTEN - UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA "Her diverse literary achievements in drama, poetry, fiction and essays illuminate struggles and triumphs facing women and men in their post-independence Ghanaian society." KETU KATRAK, FEMINIST PRESS, NEW YORK.
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