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Forna, Aminatta

LC control no.no 98113357
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPR6106.O766
Personal name headingForna, Aminatta
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Associated countryGreat Britain
Associated placeSierra Leone
LocatedLondon (England)
Profession or occupationWomen authors, Black
Found inMother of all myths, 1998: t.p. (Aminatta Forna)
Wikipedia, Jan. 25, 2011: (Aminatta Forna; she was born in Glasgow and raised in Sierra Leone and the United Kingdom; resides in London; award-winning author of: The Memory of Love, Ancestor Stones, and, The Devil that Danced on the Water; trustee of the Royal Literary Fund and sits on the advisory committee of the Caine Prize for African Writing; she has also published essays and articles, and written for television and radio;in 2002 Aminatta helped to build a primary school in her family's village of Rogbonko, Sierra Leone; the building of the school was the first step in what would become known as the Rogbonko Project: a community effort to create an escape route from poverty through multiple initiatives in the spheres of education, agriculture, infrastructure and health)
Associated languageeng