The Day of the Orphan

The Day of the Orphan

By Dr Nat Tanoh

Acorn Independent Press. R175

In an ordinary Ghanaian family leading a quiet life, Saga, the eldest son, lives a typical adolescent life with his friends. However, when he sees his close ones affected by the conflict and seriously threatened, he decides to join the resistance. When the government in power spreads fear throughout the country and students start to react against the oppression, his fight will take proportions that he would never have imagined. In this satirical and witty novel, Tanoh gives a vivid picture of what young people’s life is like in oppressive regimes ; what their aspirations, dreams, leasure and fears are and what their lives look like. In his first novel, Tanoh captures a modern, yet tense African world, in which coming of age is never easy.