Journeys Through Gender
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Freshwater by Aquake Amase by Steve Palson
Nigerian novelist aquaqe amase identifies in ways that go beyond gender, way beyond. Otta is a nigerian baby born with a chaotic mix of spirits inhabiting her body. In emasi's native ebo culture, there's a kind of spirit called an obange. Amaisie says pretty much everything that happens to the novel's protagonist actually happened in their own life.
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