Title: Onaedo, the blacksmith's daughter
Description: A tale of two women separated by 400 years but linked by history. Maxine a modern American woman who is half white and half African comes across a set of diaries written by a slave in the 16th century in her quest to connect with her Nigerian father. Then there is Onaedo a young woman from that era who found herself in the middle of events that were set in motion in a country far away from her small town in Igboland in West Africa. This is a coming of age novel set in a terrifying age - the age of Portuguese discovery.
Subjects: African American women, Fiction, Slave trade, History, Women, Colonies, Portuguese colonies, Fiction, historical, general
Places: West Africa, Portugal, São Tomé Island (Sao Tome and Principe), Sao Tome and Principe, São Tomé Island
Time periods: 16th century