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| Author | Amma Darko |
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| Country | Ghana |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Literary fiction |
Publication date | 2003 |
| Media type | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages | 236 |
| ISBN | 9789988550509 |
| OCLC | 53250489 |
Faceless is a 2003 novel by Ghanain writer Amma Darko. The novel highlights the abuse of the girl-child and women in Africa. The novel received critical reviews and has been read by people with inquisitive dispositions and others.[1][2][3][4][5]
Plot summary
The novel is set in Sodom and Gommorah, a suburb ghetto town in Ghana. It is mostly about Baby T, who is abused by his neighbour Onko.
Theme
The novel predominantly focuses on child abuse and received by both women and the girl-child in Africa.
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN
In the Novel "Faceless", female characters bear the hardship from male characters that was mostly Absent Father's, murderers and rapists. Take for instance a male character called "Kwei" MaaTsuru lover and the Father of her four children abandoned her because of superstitious belief that say she was cursed.
References
- ↑ "Amma Darko's 'Faceless': The making of street children". Nigerian Tribune. July 22, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2021.
- ↑ "'Faceless' by Amma Darko | Pambazuka News". Pambazuka News. 2 March 2016.
- ↑ Nabutanyi, Edgar (2014). "Documenting Child Prostitution in Amma Darko's "Faceless"". English in Africa. 41 (2): 79–93. doi:10.4314/eia.v41i2.4. JSTOR 24389457 – via JSTOR.
- ↑ "Simple summary and key themes of Faceless book by Amma Darko". BBC News Pidgin.
- ↑ "A Critical Overview of Amma Darko's Faceless- a Review". ResearchGate.