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Maggie and Bupe are cousins on either side of the world who couldn't be more different. Zambian-Nigerian and Zambian-Jamaican, both yearn for their disbanded family to reunite. When Bupe leaves Brixton to go to secondary school in Zambia, she brings light and disorder to Maggie's world. However, the girls are surrounded by dark family secrets such as the mysterious death of their late grandmother, and Maggie's missing Nigerian father.

From the blazing streets of the Brixton riots, to multi-party elections in Zambia and glitzy Independence Day celebrations in Lagos comes a heart-warming story that breathes life into the modern-day result of postcolonial Africa and 20th Century migration.

©2020 Natasha Omokhodion-Kalulu Banda (P)2020 W. F. Howes Ltd African American Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction World Literature Africa Feel-Good Heartfelt
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I particularly enjoyed how the book weaves Zambia’s political history into the story of a freedom fighter’s family. It powerfully illustrates the sacrifices that come with fighting for one’s country, especially the emotional and personal costs borne by families across generations. I also appreciated the recurring theme of identity throughout the novel. Maggie’s constant questioning of who she is shaped by her complex and layered background, speaks to the evolving and multifaceted. Family is loving, complicated and powerful.

Family, drama and compelling story of identity

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