Tadjo disinvests Pokou of her mythical allure and exposes her true nature to the readers - that of a power hungry queen who, much like current governments, will go to any length to enact her strategies of dominance over the people. While the author’s position on the myth is stated clearly at the end of the introduction, the novel refuses. This award-winning novel, woven into the framework of eighteenth century West Africa, recounts the story of Queen Abraha Pokou's sacrifice of her son to save /5(13). · Queen Pokou is Veronique Tadjo’s rekindling of the legend of Queen Abraha Pokou, Queen of the Baoule people, which has been told across Ashantiland - from southern Ghana and its capital, Kumasi, to portions of present day eastern Cote d’Ivoire- since the 18 th century. The author presents the legend in varying guises, but the ‘official.
Tadjo disinvests Pokou of her mythical allure and exposes her true nature to the readers - that of a power hungry queen who, much like current governments, will go to any length to enact her strategies of dominance over the people. While the author's position on the myth is stated clearly at the end of the introduction, the novel refuses. Queen Pokou by Véronique Tadjo. translated from the French by Amy Baram Reid (Ayebia, ISBN ) Ivorian author Véronique Tadjo grounds her novel Queen Pokou firmly in tradition, taking as her subject matter the legend of Queen Abraha Pokou, ancestral founder of the Baoule people in what is today's Côte d'Ivoire. This article proposes a reading of three texts The Blind Kingdom (), Queen Pokou. Concerto for a sacrifice () and Far from my Father () written by the Ivorian author Véronique Tadjo, in order to examine the author's representation of, and reflexion on separation and division, be it within a nation, amongst groups, or in the heart.
Queen Pokou is Veronique Tadjo’s rekindling of the legend of Queen Abraha Pokou, Queen of the Baoule people, which has been told across Ashantiland - from southern Ghana and its capital, Kumasi, to portions of present day eastern Cote d’Ivoire- since the 18 th century. The author presents the legend in varying guises, but the ‘official. In Queen Pokou: Concerto for a Sacrifice, which won the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire, Véronique Tadjo offers multiple versions of the legend of Queen Pokou. The story of Queen Pokou and the Baoule was also retold by Maximilien Quenum in his Légendes africaines. With Queen Pokou, Tadjo has given a clear and magnificent rendition of an Akan classic of this tragic motif. In an English version that seems not to have lost anything in translation, this poetic narrative is as lyrical as it is cerebrally compelling.
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