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So the Path Does Not Die

by Pede Hollist

A journey between Sierra Leone and America

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AlbakiReads Editorial

A journey between Sierra Leone and America

Fina’s story connects a childhood initiation left unresolved with her later life across Sierra Leone and the United States. Moving from Freetown to Washington and back, the novel places questions of belonging and diaspora alongside the search for her grandmother and the effort to make sense of a path prescribed for girls. Female circumcision is a central subject, approached through Fina’s personal history and the tensions surrounding her return home.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in stories about diaspora and belonging
  • Readers seeking fiction that engages with female circumcision and its social context
  • Readers interested in Sierra Leonean settings and family connections across countries

Themes

Diaspora and belongingFemale circumcisionInitiation and traditionFamily and return

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Book overview

Long after Fina has left Sierra Leone for America, memories of a broken initiation still haunt her. She longs to return, to find her grandmother and right the path that has been set for young girls centuries past.

 

Her journey from the streets of Freetown to Washington echoes with the tensions, ambiguities, and fragmentation of the diaspora. Fina's inner turmoil and feelings of 'otherness' persist as she travels further from home.

 

Ultimately, the broken path of her childhood brings Fina back to Sierra Leone, to a life she had never imagined for herself.

 

So the Path Does Not Die is a tender and gently observed novel exploring attitudes towards female circumcision from an exciting voice in African literature.

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