An African Education in 'No Sweetness Here'

NPR All Things Considered | January 18, 2008| | Copyright

MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
01-18-2008
An African Education in 'No Sweetness Here'

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In our series, You Must Read This, authors recommend books they love. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is the author of the novel "Half of a Yellow Son." It's based in Nigeria, her home country. Adichie has picked for our series is a story collection from Ghana that's called "No Sweetness Here" by Ama Ata Aidoo.

Ms. CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE (Author, "Half of a Yellow Son"): When I first came to the U.S. from Nigeria to go to ...

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