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africanbookaddict's review
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http://africanbookaddict.wordpress.com/2014/07/03/voice-of-america-stories-by-e-c-osondu/
I bought this book because Osondu's story "Waiting" won the Caine's Prize in 2009 and I found it very touching. I wanted to read more of his stories and I'm quite satisfied with my overall reading experience of the book.
Some stories were meh. I found a lot of similarities of the Nigerian experiences in America/in Nigeria to be the same for Ghanaians in America/in Ghana...well, not as extreme, but quite close.
Issues of childless marriages, (arranged) marriages, kidnappings, fraud etc were cliche from the plethora of African novels on the market on the immigrant experience in the west.
My favorite story was "A Letter From Home"- it was hilarious! Other stories had hilarious bits as well, but were still meh to me.
"Voice of America" is a pleasant read...but not on my highly recommended list.
:)
I bought this book because Osondu's story "Waiting" won the Caine's Prize in 2009 and I found it very touching. I wanted to read more of his stories and I'm quite satisfied with my overall reading experience of the book.
Some stories were meh. I found a lot of similarities of the Nigerian experiences in America/in Nigeria to be the same for Ghanaians in America/in Ghana...well, not as extreme, but quite close.
Issues of childless marriages, (arranged) marriages, kidnappings, fraud etc were cliche from the plethora of African novels on the market on the immigrant experience in the west.
My favorite story was "A Letter From Home"- it was hilarious! Other stories had hilarious bits as well, but were still meh to me.
"Voice of America" is a pleasant read...but not on my highly recommended list.
:)
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