Born in a Second Language (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781943735921)

2019 Button Poetry Prize Winner

Born in a Second Language investigates how translation shapes and alters both language and identity as speakers travel through space and time.

In this book, languages are a means of conjuring an existence, of full expression and of defining who one becomes. Home exists on a spectrum: Botswana, Zambia, Ghana, one's body, music, mother, mother tongue etc.

Akosua Zimba Afiriyie-Hwedie's book is an exploration of African and female identity, navigating what it means to be in-between identities, languages and homes and how those in-between spaces brush up against each other, and are in themselves, a home too.

Author: Akosua Afiriyie-Hwedie
ISBN-10: 1943735921
ISBN-13: 9781943735921
Publisher: Button Poetry
Language: English
Published: 07/06/2021
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d