The Devil That Danced on the Water: A Daughter’s Memoir. Aminatta Forna
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The Devil that Danced on the Water
A Daughter’s Memoir of Her Father, Her Family, Her Country and a Continent
Aminatta Forna
For My Father
Honour and shame from no condition rise;
Act well your part: there all the honour lies.From An Essay on Man, Alexander Pope (1733)
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In the early morning he stands in the doorway of his hut and listens for the distant rumble. The cool air bears the earthy scent of promised rain. From the veranda above I can see the plume of red dust rising in the lorry’s