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The
2003 Award
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Hope at Sunset by Kudzo Agamasu
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Publisher of Nominated Edition: Woeli Publishing Services - ISBN 9964978855 |
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ABOUT
THE BOOK
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| Gle, the protagonist, stands for change in an age steeped in tradition. In spite of being the chief priest and thereby the custodian and defender of age-old customs, Gle volunteers to fight for the whiteman during the Second World War. Disillusionment comes when he and other demobilised veterans march on the Castle, the seat of the colonial government, to hold the white governor to the promises made by the British colonial power. Disappointed and frustrated, he ponders whether it was worthwhile abandoning his traditions for foreign values. |
| ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Dr. Kudzo Agamasu is a medical doctor. He was born in Gbledi in the Hohoe District of the Volta Region of Ghana. Having completed his elementary school in Gbledi, Dr. Agamasu continued his education at Bishop Herman Secondary School in Kpando. He studied medicine at the University of Ghana Medical School and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (UK). He is married with four children. Hope at Sunset is his first novel. |
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