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My Name Is Butterfly (2002)

by Bernice L. McFadden(Favorite Author)

4.2 of 5 Votes: 2

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Naki Publishing

review 1: I am still reading this book. It is very good, but I must tell all of you that it was very difficult to read certain parts of this book. It is about how many African nations still turn their back on this ritual of giving a daughter to a tribe of so called priests who will take your daughter as penance to rid your family of bad luck. The girls are then forced into slavery..to work in fields and then used for sex at a very young age. If they step out of line they are treating even worse...honestly it was almost too painful to read. I am almost done and will let you know but WOW...
review 2: Somehow Bernice McFadden's name fell off my radar after "This Bitter Earth." Fortunately for me, I was reminded of her recently and decided to check out her latest. "My... more Name is Butterfly" is engaging and smartly written. McFadden manages to craft a beautiful (and hopeful) story out of the tragic reality of modern-day human trafficking in Ghana. She doesn't sugarcoat the issue but avoids the temptation to wrap everything up neatly at the end. There seems to be solid research undergirding her description of the practice of trokosi (on a few occasions, it was overly didactic). less

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