Tag: Gifty
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Gifty said, “my teacher gifted me a bottle from the back of her storage closet.” (Gyasi, p. 32) Her teacher was experienced and knew that some parents would not be providing a bottle oof corn syrup for their child’s science class experiment. She bought and kept spare bottles in her storage closet, for the purpose…
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The Black Mamba was Gifty’s secret code name for her mother. She had a job as a “home health aid” for Mr Thomas. She was a caretaker who helped the 80 + year old man with his bodily needs like eating, drinking, going to the toilet and bathing.
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Gifty wanted to record happenings in her secret diary, but was afraid that they may secretly read it. She didn’t want them to know she was writing about them. She nicknamed her mon The Black Mamba. She nicknamed Nana as Buzz. Amazon sells this: I may earn a small commission if you buy from this…
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Gifty’s mom and Nana left Ghana to travel to America, because her mom won a lottery pick which gave her the right to permanent residency in America. Gifty’s mom was very proud of Nana and had high hopes for him. She thought Ghana could not offer him room to grow up and become somebody. This…
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Gifty was ten years old when she wrote about Nana throwing terrible tempers, smashing the home’s TV, punching the wall, and using abusive language. Their mom could not help Nana, nor get help for him. Gifty wrote about this in her secret diary. Later, in her narrative, she wrote Nana “died of a heroin overdose…
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Gifty is the nickname of the narrator in Transcendent Kingdom The book title means beyond the range of normal human experience. Gifty’s life with her family, friends and surrounding circles, are full of abnormal experiences. Her mother has retreated into her own world of being infantile; she sleeps or lies down on the bed most…
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Gifty’s dad was called the Chin Chin man because he used to hang around Gifty’s maternal grandma’s food stand. He would spend time persuading the elder woman to gift him a free bag of achomo, which the locals call as chin chin. In Ghana, Nigeria and some parts of Africa, the achomo is nicknamed as…