Born in a Second Language

Download or read book Born in a Second Language written by Akosua Afiriyie-Hwedie and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.