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Long
Day’s Anger
explores the Liberian Civil War through the eyes and the lives of the
twins Koli and Sumo whose childhood and young adulthood are told in
John Gay’s first two novels, Red
Dust on the Green Leaves
and The
Brightening Shadow.
This third novel sheds much light and understanding on the Liberian
Civil War that has featured so prominently in African news. Long
Day’s Anger is
darker than the earlier novels because it shows how the family
struggled through the horrors of the first phase of Liberia’s
civil war, leading to exile in Ivory Coast. The family survives
through the joint efforts and skills of both brothers –
traditional and modern – as they escape the war. The novels
are a must for all who wish to learn more about an African country
founded by Black Americans in 1847, and suffering since then under a
mixed cultural hegemony.
“Will
there ever be peace in Liberia? Will the conflicts in West Africa receive
the attention they require? If the answer is no, the hopes of Koli and
Sumo will remain an illusion and the fire next time will burn more
intensely”. Dr.
Byron Tarr, Liberian Economist.
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