![]() Marija makes a sexual advance towards Sissie. Marija gives Sissie plums and other fruits from her garden, and they go on many walks with her young son Adolf. ![]() The next chapter, “The Plums,” details Sissie’s friendship with a young German housewife named Marija. The novel ends with Sissie, who is black, attracting attention and stares from children in the Frankfurt airport. The novel begins with a short chapter titled “Into a Bad Dream,” in which Sissie is awarded with a scholarship to travel to Germany and work as a volunteer in a pine tree nursery. In Our Sister Killjoy, a novel using a combination of prose and poetry, Ama Ata Aidoo tells the story of Sissie, the novel’s Ghanaian protagonist, as she travels among countries in Europe, such as Germany and England. NOK Publishers International Limited, 1979. Our Sister Killjoy, or Reflections from a Black-Eyed Squint. The following version of this book was used to create the guide: Aidoo, Ama Ata. ![]()
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