Ghanaian-Nigerian Author Bisi Adjapon’s New Novel “Daughter in Exile” Set for Publication in 2023
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- 17 Mar 2023
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The Ghanaian-Nigerian author Bisi Adjapon has a new book on the way. The novel, her second, is titled Daughter in Exile and follows a young Ghanaian woman’s struggles as an undocumented immigrant in the US. It was acquired by Harper Collins Publishing as part of a two-book deal and will be published in March 2023.
Bisi Adjapon is the author of the novel Of Women and Frogs (published in the US as The Teller of Secrets), about a young Nigerian-Ghanaian girl named Esi who discovers herself in the process of resisting patriarchal expectations and ideals. Adjapon’s work has been featured in journals and newspapers such as McSweeney’s Quarterly,Washington Times, Daily Graphic, and Chicken Bones. She founded and ran the Young Shakespeare Company for four years in America, and as an international affairs specialist for the US Foreign Agricultural Service, won the Civil Rights Award for Human Relations. She lives in Ghana. Read More..
