La bastarda

La protagonista, Okomo, una adolescente de etnia fang, atrapada en un sistema de valores que no le permite desarrollar su personalidad, se anima a emprender la b squeda de su progenitor, cuya identidad le ocultan sus mayores El viaje la llevar a recorrer su pa s, en el que se encontrar con las secuelas del colonialismo a n vigentes En su camino, conocer a otros personajes que, como ella, se rebelan contra las convenciones sociales y con quienes vivir experiencias que la transformar n para siempre.La obra, que contiene informaci n sociol gica y antropol gica de primera mano, es un relato valiente y directo sobre el conflicto entre la estructura familiar y las creencias ancestrales de los fang y los deseos de libertad de las nuevas generaciones en el frica subsahariana. Best Download Kindle ePUB La bastarda Author Trifonia Melibea Obono – kino-fada.fr I really wanted to like this La Bastarda A Novel is a small novella by an author who is the first Equatorial Guinean woman to be translated into English, which is why it pains me to give it a less than favorable rating and review I debated a lot on wheter or not I should even do it, so I should preface by saying the act of translating women, especially from coloured backgrounds who don t get enough recognition, should continue to be a priority in the publishing industry Feminist Press is do I really wanted to like this La Bastarda A Novel is a small novella by...Thank you to Feminist Press for publishing La Bastarda, the first work by a woman from Equatorial Guinea translated into English If you know nothing about Equatorial Guinea, it s a small West African country, and the only one whose official language is Spanish This novella is the coming of age story of Okomo, a girl of the Fang tribe who strains against the traditions of her people and the expectations of her family Her mother died in childbirth and no one will tell her who her father is so s Thank you to Feminist Press for publis...I loved this book So Damn Much It is so important to support stories and authors like Obono Please read this book TW for sexual assault.La Bastarda by Tifonia Melinda Obono is the first novel though maybe rather a novella by a female Equatorial Guinean author translated into English This alone is a reason to pay attention, but evenimportant this is an unapologetic queer book In slightly less than 90 pages Obono tells the story of Okomo, who lives with her grandparents after her mother had died years ago Her father is useless, she is told repeatedly, but still, she wants to find him But then there is also her uncle, w La Bastarda by Tifonia Melinda Obono is the first novel though maybe rather a novella by a female Equatorial Guinean author translated into English This alone is a reason to pay attention, but evenimportant this is an unapologetic queer book In slightly less than 90 pages Obono tells the story of Okomo, who lives with her grandparents after her mother had died years ago Her father is useless, she is told repeatedly, but still, she wants to find him But then there is also her uncle, whom she loves dearly, but who is shunned by society for not fulfilling their hetero masculine norms, and the three mysterious girls her grandmother warns her about This book is quite fast paced and things often happen a bit too fast and straight forward falling in love, solving conflicts etc But it also is a hopeful and fun read Queer people, Obono m...Orphaned teenager Okomo lives under the watchful eyes of her grandparents and dreams about finding her father All she knows is that he s a scoundrel and she s forbidden to seek him out She enlists the help of other outcasts her gay uncle Marcelo and a gang of indecent girls With them she finds comfort, falls in love and rebels against the rigid norms of Fang culture La Bastarda is a very short book, it s only 88 pages so it s very easy to read it in one sitting, and it s the first book Orphaned teenager Okomo lives under the watchful eyes of her grandparents and dreams about finding her father All she knows is that he s a scoundrel and she s forbidden to seek him out She enlists the help of other outcasts h...Don t be friends with those girls, they re indecent and mysterious, I remembered my grandmother saying But these three teenage girls defended my uncle because they thought he should live as a free manA queer coming of age novella in translation set in Equa...I love this book It reminds me of the social anthropological books I loved to read about Africa and Asia A must read book3.5 stars A beautifully direct story of a young lesbian woman in Equatorial New Guinea.This was a 3.5 read for me.Thoughts coming shortly.3.5

• Spanish
• 25 January 2018
Trifonia Melibea Obono
• Paperback
• 117 pages
• 8494601806
• Trifonia Melibea Obono
• La bastarda