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Author * Actress * Print/Broadcast Journalist * Public Speaker

Ms. Danquah has indeed shaken a literary tree. The fruit that fell down will nourish readers for a long time, and probably the best thing I can say and I realize the most selfish is, 'At last, a number of older black women writers can stop holding their breath and exhale.'" -- Dr. Maya Angelou

Danquah has a keen ear and eye for not just the complexity but the sheer cacophony of expression that echoes the experience of being black and female in America at the close of the 20th century. --Ms. Magazine

In each wave of immigration, the memories of others who have come from somewhere else, who have negotiated questions of identity and belonging, who have lived "in the hyphen," are a vital lifeline. Ghanaian-American writer and activist Danquah brings together nearly two dozen essays about the first-generation experiences of immigrant women from Europe, Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. ...Both natives and the authors' fellow immigrants will find much to ponder and admire in this involving collection.--Booklist