''Sankofa'' is a 2021

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by Nigerian novelist

Chibundu Onuzo Imachibundu Oluwadara Onuzo (born 1991) is a Nigerian novelist. Her first novel, ''The Spider King's Daughter'', won a Betty Trask Award, was shortlisted for the Dylan Thomas Prize and the Commonwealth Book Prize, and was longlisted for the Des ...

''Sankofa'' is Onuzo's third novel. It was published in the UK by

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in June 2021, and was reviewed by ''

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'' as " accomplished novel that explores difference and belonging with a cool intensity". then published by Catapult in the US and Narrative Landscape in Nigeria. An audiobook, read by British-Jamaican actress

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, was released in October 2021. As of 11/13/2023, the book has an average 3.86 on Goodreads.

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