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Pede Hollist. So the Path Does Not Die. Bamenda, Cameroon. Langaa Research & Publishing CIG (African Books Collective, distr.). 2012. isbn 9789956727377
This absorbing novel vividly brings the African diaspora to life. The main character, Finaba, a young woman from rural Sierra Leone, gains an edu- cation despite the deck stacked against her and is able to obtain a visa to the United States through NGO workers and a diamond-dealing admirer. In Washington, DC, she lands a series of jobs and rises to enjoy a fashionable, black, international social life. The story begins and ends in Africa and offers memorable characters from the US and Caribbean. From the young girl's perspective, we discover a world filled with wonder and also unpredict- able violence-female circumcision, tribal tension, and war....