{"product_id":"the-hundred-wells-of-salaga-paperback","title":"The Hundred Wells of Salaga - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAyesha Harruna Attah\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBased on true events, a story of courage, forgiveness, love, and freedom in precolonial Ghana, told through the eyes of two women born to vastly different fates. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAminah lives an idyllic life until she is brutally separated from her home and forced on a journey that transforms her from a daydreamer into a resilient woman. Wurche, the willful daughter of a chief, is desperate to play an important role in her father's court. These two women's lives converge as infighting among Wurche's people threatens the region, during the height of the slave trade at the end of the nineteenth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThrough the experiences of Aminah and Wurche, \u003ci\u003eThe Hundred Wells of Salaga\u003c\/i\u003e offers a remarkable view of slavery and how the scramble for Africa affected the lives of everyday people.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAyesha Harruna Attah\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Accra, Ghana and was educated at Mount Holyoke College, Columbia University, and New York University. Her writing has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAsymptote Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, and the 2010 Caine Prize Writers' Anthology. Attah is an Instituto Sacatar Fellow and was awarded the 2016 Miles Morland Foundation Scholarship for nonfiction. She lives in Senegal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 05, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771227177248,"sku":"9781590519950","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c0061c022dfe6d1b87199db26f24de90.webp?v=1780383532","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-hundred-wells-of-salaga-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}