{"product_id":"9781684480289-dont-whisper-too-much-and-portrait","title":"Don't Whisper Too Much and Portrait of a Young Artiste from Bona Mbella","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eDon't Whisper Too Much\u003c\/em\u003e was the first work of fiction by an African writer to present love stories between African women in a positive light. \u003cem\u003eBona Mbella\u003c\/em\u003e is the second. In presenting the emotional and romantic lives of gay, African women, Ekotto comments upon larger issues that affect these women.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon’t Whisper Too Much\u003c\/i\u003e was the first work of fiction by an African writer to present love stories between African women in a positive light. \u003ci\u003eBona Mbella\u003c\/i\u003e is the second. In presenting the emotional and romantic lives of gay, African women, Ekotto comments upon larger issues that affect these women, including Africa as a post-colonial space, the circulation of knowledge, and the question of who writes history. In recounting the beauty and complexity of relationships between women who love women, Ekotto inscribes these stories within African history, both past and present. \u003ci\u003eDon’t Whisper Too Much\u003c\/i\u003e follows young village girl Ada’s quest to write her story on her own terms, outside of heteronormative history. \u003ci\u003eBona Mbella\u003c\/i\u003e focuses upon the life of a young woman from a poor neighborhood in an African megalopolis. And “Panè,” a love story, brings the many themes from \u003ci\u003eDon’t Whisper Much\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBona Mbella\u003c\/i\u003e together as it explores how emotional and sexual connections between women have the power to transform, even in the face of great humiliation and suffering. Each story in the collection addresses how female sexuality is often marked by violence, and yet is also a place for emotional connection, pleasure and agency.\u003cbr\u003ePublished by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40947968901217,"sku":"9781684480289","price":16.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27973502.jpg?v=1730487671","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781684480289-dont-whisper-too-much-and-portrait","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}