Sozis box, her short story was the overall winner of the commonwealth short story competition in 2007. Ellen banda aaku was born in woking surrey in 1965. In 2007, her short story, sozis box, was the overall winner of the 2007. Weaving together the stories of three generations of women, this novel is a patchwork of love, jealousy and human frailty set against a backdrop of war and political ambition. Review of patchwork by ellen bandaaaku say it loud, say it clear. In 2004 she won the macmillan writers prize for africa for wandis little voice, a book for children. Patchwork by ellen bandaaaku destined from birth to inhabit two very different worlds that of her father, the wealthy joseph sakavungo, and that of her mother, his mistress this emotive tale takes us to the heart of a young girls attempts to come to terms with her own identity and fashion a future for herself from the patchwork of the life she was born into. The middle child of three she grew up in zambia and has lived and worked in ghana, south africa, the uk and zambia. Bandaaaku even deconstructs a number of common tropes in the. About the author 2011 ellen banda aaku is a zambian born in the uk who has lived, studied and worked in ghana, south africa, the uk and zambia. Ellen banda aaku is a zambian born in the uk who has lived, studied and worked in ghana, south africa, the uk and zambia. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. A heartbroken mother, a philandering but caring father, a. Patchwork is zambian author ellen bandaaakus debut adult novel written in two parts.
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