Ayesha H. Attah

Writer

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Aicha/Ayi/Ayesha

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The French cover. The Hundred Wells of Salaga/Les Cents Puits de Salaga.

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Scenes from a yoga-creative writing retreat.

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Join me on my US book tour!

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Aha!

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Please join me on my North American book tour in February.

You can preorder THE HUNDRED WELLS OF SALAGA here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/599540/the-hundred-wells-of-salaga-by-ayesha-harruna-attah/9781590519950/

The Hundred Wells of Salaga by Ayesha Harruna Attah | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

Based on true events, a story of courage, forgiveness, love, and freedom in precolonial Ghana, told through the eyes of two women born to va

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Historical fiction and historical food non-fiction.

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Wrote about my love for ebunuebunu in The New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/10/opinion/sunday/slow-cooking-history.html

Opinion | Slow-Cooking History

I add the leaf of the cocoyam plant to dried mudfish, mushrooms and snails, and think of my indomitable ancestors.

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Some of the different book covers for The Hundred Wells of Salaga. I love them all. I can’t choose!

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GIVEAWAY alert! 💃🏿📚💃🏿📚💃🏿📚

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@africanbookaddict in collaboration with @cassavarepublicpress is giving away SIGNED COPIES of my new novel - #TheHundredWellsOfSalaga to 3 winners in Ghana.

Here are the instructions from The African Book Addict:

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To enter, you can do any of the following:

• follow @africanbookaddict on Instagram or Twitter if you so choose (no ff to unff, sorry)

• Like the post, comment or tag friends to share the word! • (To non-Instagram, Twitter or social media users) Send an email to [email protected] stating that you’d like to enter in the giveaway.

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Winners will be drawn randomly this Friday, September 21st at 12:30pm GMT.

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Winners will be contacted via DM or email and will have 24 hours to respond, else another random winner will be drawn.

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This giveaway is only open to Ghanaian 🇬🇭 residents (note: readers from ALL regions of Ghana are eligible- not just Accra 😉)

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The Dutch cover of The Hundred Wells of Salaga

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I am thrilled to share the cover of the US version of The Hundred Wells of Salaga, illustrated by the super talented Loveis Wise. Isn’t it a beauty? Please pre-order: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/599540/the-hundred-wells-of-salaga-by-ayesha-harruna-attah/9781590519950 The more you pre-order, the more book sellers will pick up this book, so please please spread widely. 😍

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Join me on my UK book tour!

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I’m on a blog tour for THE HUNDRED WELLS OF SALAGA. Follow along on my Instagram stories. Instagram.com/ayeshahattah

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The Hundred Wells of Salaga is nicely reviewed by Nadifa Mohamed in The Guardian: ‘One of the strengths of the novel is that it complicates the idea of what “African history” is; while the film Black Panther mixed ethnicities and cultures for the sake of spectacle, Attah emphasises often overlooked distinctions of religion, language and status.’ More here: https://amp.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/10/hundred-wells-salaga-ayesha-harruna-attah-review?__twitter_impression=tru

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It’s publication day!