With Strange Aeons

Master Thesis

2008

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Terry, Olufemi
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University of Cape Town

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Department of English Language and Literature
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Faculty of Humanities
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With Strange Aeons is a contemporary diaspora story of alienation and stark choices. Wome, a quiet Cameroonian university graduate has just moved to New York City from Rhode Island to take up a job. There, he meets Shokare, a combative nonconformist who challenges him to break free of the "African bubble" to which Wome has begun to attach himself. Not wholly persuaded, Wome is nevertheless drawn by Shokare's charisma and eclecticism. Wome's eyes are opened to the energy and possibilities of life in 1990s NewYork and, despite his shyness he becomes involved with a Canadian woman, which further complicates his sense of belonging.
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Creative Writing

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Terry, O. 2008. With Strange Aeons. University of Cape Town.

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