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Cafeafricana Proudly Presents:
The Memory of Love
Author: Aminatta Forna

Synopsis
 From the award-winning author of The Devil That Danced on the Water  
and Ancestor Stones comes The Memory of Love, a beautiful and  
masterfully accomplished novel about the resilience of the human  
spirit and the driving force of love.
Aminatta Forna has established herself as one of the most breathtaking  
writers out of Africa today, winning readers' hearts and critical  
acclaim. Now, in her newest novel, The Memory of Love, she evokes the  
haunting atmosphere of a country at war, and the powerful stories of  
two generations of African life. In contemporary Sierra Leone, a  
devastating civil war has left an entire populace with terrible  
secrets to keep. In the capital hospital Kai, a gifted young surgeon  
is plagued by demons that are beginning to threaten his livelihood.  
Elsewhere in the hospital lies Elias Cole, a man who was young during  
the country's turbulent postcolonial years and has stories to tell  
that are far from heroic. As past and present intersect in the buzzing  
city, Kai and Elias are drawn unwittingly closer by Adrian, a British  
psychiatrist with good intentions, and into the path of one woman at  
the center of their stories.
A work of extraordinary writing and rare wisdom, The Memory of  
Loveseamlessly weaves together the lives of these three men to create  
a powerful story of loss, absolution, and the indelible effects of the  
past—and, at the end of it all, the very nature of love.
The New York Times - Maaza Mengiste
…a luminous tale of passion and betrayal…[Forna] forces us to see past  
bland categorizations like "postcolonial African literature," showing  
that the world we inhabit reaches beyond borders and ripples out  
through generations. She reminds us that what matters most is that  
which keeps us grounded in the place of our choosing. And she writes  
to expose what remains after all the noise has faded: at the core of  
this novel is the brave and beating heart, at once vulnerable and  
determined, unwilling to let go of all it has ever loved.
Biography
Aminatta Forna was born in Scotland and raised in West Africa. Her  
first book,The Devil that Danced on the Water, was shortlisted for the  
Samuel Johnson Prize 2003. Her novel Ancestor Stones was winner of the  
2008 Hurston Wright Legacy Award, the Literaturpreis in Germany, was  
nominated for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and  
selected by the Washington Post as one of the most important books of  
2006. In 2007 Vanity Fair named Aminatta as one of Africa's most  
promising new writers. Aminatta has also written for magazines and  
newspapers, radio and television, and presented television  
documentaries on Africa's history and art. Aminatta Forna lives in  
London with her husband.

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