A Wreath for Udomo (1956)

by Peter Abrahams

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Introduced by Petina Gappah, a lost classic by a radical black South African author: as exiled African activists in post-war London plot to revolutionise their native countries, idealism and tragedy collide when they return home as political leaders ...

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This is a novel set in the Africa of the age of independence. It tells the story of Michael Udomo, the would-be leader of a new nation -- and of his ultimate failure at that task.

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A Wreth for Udomo

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1956

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Introduced by Petina Gappah, a lost classic by a radical black South African author: as exiled African activists in post-war London plot to revolutionise their native countries, idealism and tragedy collide when they return home as political leaders ...

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