Sankofa Av Chibundu Onuzo

<p><b>A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK</b><br><b>A BBC 2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK</b><br><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION FUTURES PRIZE<br></b><b>AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR<br><br>''A captivating story about a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the West African father she never knew'' REESE WITHERSPOON</b><br><br>Anna is at a stage of her life when she''s beginning to wonder who she really is. She has separated from her husband, her daughter is all grown up, and her mother - the only parent who raised her - is dead. <br><br>Searching through her mother''s belongings, she finds clues about the West African father she never knew. Through reading his student diary, chronicling his involvement in radical politics in 1970s London, she discovers that he eventually became the president (some would say the dictator) of a small nation in West Africa - and he is still alive. She decides to track him down and so begins a funny, painful, fascinating jou