Taiye Selasi

A West African story about the much-loved trickster, Anansi, retold and reimagined for a new generation by award-winning author Taiye Selasi "Allow me to introduce myself."But he needed no introduction. "Anansi the spider!" said Anansi the boy. "The tales were true!""Traditional tales are always true," the spider answered, laughing. "Nothing lasts so long as truth, nor travels quite so far." Award-winning author of Ghana Must Go, Taiye Selasi, reimagines the story of Anansi, the much-loved trickster, for a new generation. Kweku has grown up hearing stories about the mischievous spider Anansi. He is given the nickname Anansi by his father because of his similarly cheeky ways. On a holiday to visit his beloved Grandma in Ghana, Anansi the spider and Anansi the boy meet, and discover a magical pot that can be filled with whatever they want. Anansi fills it again and again with his favorite red-red stew, and eats so much that he feels sick. Will he learn to share this wonderful gift? This charming retelling of a West African story teaches readers about the dangers of greed, and the importance of being kind. Tinuke Fagborun's colorful illustrations bring the magic and wonder of the tale to life. When you've finished sharing the story, you can also find out more about the origins of Anansi folktales. This is a beautiful storybook that little ones will treasure forever.

Kweku Sai is dead. A renowned surgeon and failed husband, he succumbs suddenly at dawn outside his home in suburban Accra. The news of Kweku’s death sends a ripple around the world, bringing together the family he abandoned years before. Ghana Must Go is their story. Electric, exhilarating, beautifully crafted, Ghana Must Go is a testament to the transformative power of unconditional love, from a debut novelist of extraordinary talent.   Moving with great elegance through time and place, Ghana Must Go charts the Sais’ circuitous journey to one another. In the wake of Kweku’s death, his children gather in Ghana at their enigmatic mother’s new home. The eldest son and his wife; the mysterious, beautiful twins; the baby sister, now a young each carries secrets of his own. What is revealed in their coming together is the story of how they came the hearts broken, the lies told, the crimes committed in the name of love. Splintered, alone, each navigates his pain, believing that what has been lost can never be recovered—until, in Ghana, a new way forward, a new family, begins to emerge. Ghana Must Go is at once a portrait of a modern family, and an exploration of the importance of where we come from to who we are. In a sweeping narrative that takes us from Accra to Lagos to London to New York, Ghana Must Go teaches that the truths we speak can heal the wounds we hide.

Kweku Sai è morto all'alba, davanti al mare della sua casa in Ghana. Quella casa l'aveva disegnata lui stesso su un tovagliolino di carta, tanti anni prima. Una casa che fosse contenuta in una casa più grande - il Ghana, da cui era fuggito giovanissimo - e che, a sua volta, contenesse una casa più piccola, la sua famiglia. Ma quella mattina Kweku è lontano dai suoi quattro figli e dalla moglie Fola. Tra loro, adesso, ci sono «chilometri, oceani, fusi orari (e altri tipi di distanze più difficili da coprire, come il cuore spezzato, la rabbia, il dolore calcificato e domande che per troppo tempo nessuno ha fatto)». Perché il chirurgo più geniale di Boston, il ragazzo prodigio che da un villaggio africano era riuscito a scalare le più importanti università statunitensi, il padre premuroso e venerato, il marito fedele e innamorato, oggi muore lontano dalla sua famiglia? Un affresco potente e vertiginoso del mondo globalizzato in cui viviamo, il romanzo di una famiglia contemporanea, divisa tra rancori e speranze, convinta che l'unico modo per andare avanti sia quello di non guardarsi mai alle spalle.