Why couldn’t I take control of my own life, since after all… - Amma Darko

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Why couldn’t I take control of my own life, since after all, I was virtually husbandless and, what did my husband care about a woman’s virtue? If I was sleeping with men and charging them for it, it was me giving myself to them. The body being used and misused belonged to me.

Amma Darko

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Amma Darko (born 25 June 1956) is a Ghanaian novelist.

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Why couldn’t I take control of my own life, since after all, I was virtually husbandless and, what did my husband care about a woman’s virtue? If I w… - Amma Darko

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