Life lessons shared in Ghanaian writer Ayesha Harruna Attah's novel, Saturday's Shadows

Issued on: 17/01/2017 - 16:25

In this month's program, Africa: Stories in the 55 speaks to Ghanaian author Ayesha Harrunah Attah, author of Saturday's Shadows about creating tackling issues from infidelity to illness and learning how to read, set against a backdrop of a fictional West African dictatorship.

Ayesha Harruna Attah, author of Saturday's Shadows © Sena Ahadji

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