child from disappointment and want and failure.” (p82) belly gave Americans “A the luxury of praising themselves for being good parents, as if caring for one's child were the exception rather than the rule.” (p.82) could not complain about “She not having shoes when the person she was talking to had no legs” (p.86) Ujunwa resort had the The ostrich African identity; ‘Jumping “…the Monkey (initially complacence of the well-fed medallions Edward the nature of Hill’ agency); about it, the kind of place urges the writers to fiction; cultural Edward; where she imagined affluent eat (p.101) imperialism and Chioma (lacks foreign tourists would dart appropriation agency) around taking pictures of lizards Ujunwa’s character and then return home still Chioma mostly unaware that there were more black people than Ujunwa’s story lizards in South about Chioma Africa”(p. 95) The unnamed for the Ugandan, Ujunwa writers at the “As had disliked him from the writer’s workshop airport, and did so even more (eg: “The now because of his toadying Ugandan”, “The answers to Edward’s questions, Tanzanian”) (p.97) the way he leaned forward to speak only to Edward and The names of the ignored the other participants.” cabins at Jumping (p.99) Monkey Hill (eg: Baboon Lodge, thing that came to Porcupine Place) “The Uhunwa’s mind was to ask if (p.95) Isabel ever needed royal blood to explain the good looks of The from friends in London”(p.98) Edward’s pipe hanging over the sat for a long time, room (p.107) “She trying to decide whether to name her character something common, like Chioma, or something exotic, like Ibari”(p.100)
child from disappointment and want and failure.” (p82) “A belly gave Americans the luxury of praising themselves for being good parents, as if caring for one's child were the exception rather than the rule.” (p.82) “She could not complain about not having shoes when the person she was talking to had no legs” (p.86) ‘Jumping Monkey Hill’ Ujunwa (initially agency); Edward; Chioma (lacks agency) “…the resort had the complacence of the well-fed about it, the kind of place where she imagined affluent foreign tourists would dart around taking pictures of lizards and then return home still mostly unaware that there were more black people than lizards in South Africa”(p. 95) “As for the Ugandan, Ujunwa had disliked him from the airport, and did so even more now because of his toadying answers to Edward’s questions, the way he leaned forward to speak only to Edward and ignored the other participants.” (p.99) “The thing that came to Uhunwa’s mind was to ask if Isabel ever needed royal blood to explain the good looks of friends in London”(p.98) “She sat for a long time, trying to decide whether to name her character something common, like Chioma, or something exotic, like Ibari”(p.100) The ostrich medallions Edward urges the writers to eat (p.101) Ujunwa’s character Chioma Ujunwa’s story about Chioma The unnamed writers at the writer’s workshop (eg: “The Ugandan”, “The Tanzanian”) (p.97) The names of the cabins at Jumping Monkey Hill (eg: Baboon Lodge, Porcupine Place) (p.95) The from Edward’s pipe hanging over the room (p.107) African identity; the nature of fiction; cultural imperialism and appropriation
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