This is a trick to conceal Baby Ts real identity and discourage any enquiry over the circumstances surrounding her death and then hide her killer. On a contrary, a lot of people have been made to believe that the dead body is that of kayayoo (a market porter from the north). Later she revealed herself to Kabria and told her that the dead body she was staring at is her (Fofo's) sister, Baby T. When the angry mob pounced her, Kabria rescued her. Kabria was in the crowd looking at Baby Ts dead body when Fofo who dressed like a boy tried to snatch her purse from her. Despite living in a decent neighborhood, she drives an old quaked car nicknamed creamy, and works with MUTE which is non-governmental organisation. She is a mother of three - Obea, Essie and Ottu. Kabria and her family live a different life from that of those who reside in Sodom and Gomorrah. Hence, she urged Fofo to run to a safer place. Maa Tsuru, Fofo's mother, tells Fofo that her elder sister, Baby T is dead and Poison had threatened her to keep quiet over Baby Ts death. She explained her ordeal to Odarley and told her that she will see her mother whom she believed had some connections with Poison. She resisted him and ran to her best friend, Odarley, who lives in a rented wooden shack. Her sleep was interrupted by a street lord named Poison who came to rape her. Just as other street children, she does dream of living in a home with a roof and a toilet. When she is not working, she keeps herself occupied with watching adult movies and taking alcohol. The market is close to a slum known as Sodom and Gomorrah. She has a job at the vegetable market in Agbogbloshie where she washes carrots. ATTEMPTED RAPEĪs the novel opens, fourteen year old Fofo is seen sleeping on an old cardboard at Agbogbloshie market.
She is the author of the following novels: Faceless (2003), The Housemaid (1999), Beyond the Horizon (1995) and Not Without Flowers (2007).įaceless by Amma Darko Chapter by Chapter Summary A. She is one of the most significant contemporary Ghanaian literary writers. She studied in Kumasi, where she received her diploma in 1980. ABOUT THE AUTHORĪnalysis of " Faceless" Amma Darko was born in Koforidua, Ghana, and grew up in Accra. Read Online African Prose: Faceless by Amma Darko JAMB UTME, NECO and WAEC Literature Comprehensive Summary.
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