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The Year of Return
- Author
- Ivana Akotowaa Ofori
- Narrator
- Anniwaa Buachie
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish Date
- 21 May 2024
- Run Time
- 2 hours 48 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
"The Year of Return" takes on a whole new meaning when large numbers of ghosts—formerly enslaved Africans who drowned during the Middle Passage—emerge from the Atlantic Ocean, leading to months of global pandemonium, and a chilling conclusion.
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- Author
- Ivana Akotowaa Ofori
- Narrator
- Anniwaa Buachie
- Duration
- 2 hours 48 minutes
- Release Date
- 21 May 2024
- ISBN
- 9781705068670
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Recorded Books, Inc.
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary
Synopsis
A Ghanaian journalist based in the US returns to Ghana with a few friends for the holidays in December 2019. That month is meant to be the climax of the Ghanaian government’s year-long "Year of Return" initiative, commemorating 400 years since the first slaves from West Africa arrived in Virginia."The Year of Return" takes on a whole new meaning when large numbers of ghosts—formerly enslaved Africans who drowned during the Middle Passage—emerge from the Atlantic Ocean, leading to months of global pandemonium, and a chilling conclusion.
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