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By: Trifonia Melibea Obono, Lawrence Schimel (Translated by)

This coming-of-age story from Equatorial Guinea chronicles a teenage girls quest to find out who she is.

Though I live a world away from Equatorial Guinea, I saw so much of myself in Okomo: a tomboy itching to be free and to escape societys rigged game. I cheered her on with every page, and wishedfor myself and all girlsfor the bravery to create our own world.Maggie Thrash, author ofHonor Girl

The first novel by an Equatorial Guinean woman to be translated into English,La Bastardais the story of the orphaned teen Okomo, who lives under the watchful eye of her grandmother and dreams of finding her father. Forbidden from seeking him out, she enlists the help of other village outcasts: her gay uncle and a gang of mysterious girls reveling in their so-called indecency. Drawn into their illicit trysts, Okomo finds herself falling in love with their leader and rebelling against the rigid norms of Fang culture.