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Moving between Ghana and the United States, Diaka probes those countries' ever-changing cultural expectations and norms while investigating the dislocation and fragmentation of a body--and a mind--so often restless or ill at ease.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVivid and bodily while also deeply cerebral, Woman, Eat Me Whole is a searing debut collection from a poet with an inimitable voice and vision. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese poems are a testament to survival and a refusal to be silenced.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFeminist Poetry:\u003c\/b\u003e A defiant exploration of what it means to be a woman, challenging cultural expectations, defining consent, and reclaiming power.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSpoken Word Roots:\u003c\/b\u003e Experience the rhythm and fire of a celebrated spoken-word artist, with poems that are as powerful on the page as they are performed aloud.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Diaspora Experience:\u003c\/b\u003e Navigating the space between Ghana and the United States, these poems explore the fragmentation and dislocation of a mind and body caught between two worlds.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMental Health \u0026amp; The Body:\u003c\/b\u003e An unflinching look at the betrayals of the body, the internal demons of anxiety and depression, and the difficult journey toward self-love.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ -","offer_id":50983177421073,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":50983182074129,"sku":"NIN9780063092921","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0063092921.jpg?v=1750875813"},{"product_id":"someone-birthed-them-broken-book-ama-asantewa-diaka-9780063259553","title":"Someone Birthed Them Broken","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Delightfully assertive, subversive and vibrant... an original voice.\" --Imbolo Mbue, author of the New York Times bestseller and PEN\/Faulkner Award for fiction winner Behold the Dreamers * \"A compelling delight\"--Booklist\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA visceral and candid portrait of today's Ghanaian youth, told in interconnected short stories by acclaimed spoken-word artist and author of the poetry collection Woman, Eat Me Whole Ama Asantewa Diaka.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this startling collection of short fiction, Ama Asantewa Diaka creates a vibrant portrait of young Ghanaians' today, captured in the experiences of characters whose lives bump against one other in friendship, passion, hope, and heartache. Men like Opoku Sr., not yet forty and struggling to keep his family's cocoa business afloat after his father's unexpected passing. Opoku strains under the burden of caring for his eight younger siblings and the child whose mother ran off. When his new girlfriend tells him she's pregnant, he knows he has nothing left to give.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYears later, that girlfriend's son, Opoku Jr., now faces his own troubles, including his girlfriend Boatemaa, who (correctly) suspects he is sneaking around, and Amoafoa, the woman he's seeing on the side. 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