Street children do not fall from the sky so where do they come from? Why are they on the street and Who are their parents? These are the questions faceless tried to answer.ĭiscussed strongly in the novel is the loud and clear message that parents should take responsibility for their children. MUTE’s encounter with Fofo, Baby T’s sister opens an investigative trail into the lives of neglected children. In Accra, MUTE, a non-governmental organisation seeks to unravel the mysterious death of Baby T, a child prostitute whose battered body was found in a slum behind a rasta hair salon kiosk.

Parental neglect is the major key point of the story. Amma Darko in very graphic details presents mind-boggling sociological issues of child-neglect, child abuse, defilement of girls, gender, child-trafficking, child-labour, absent fathers, reproductive health risks, violence and failed governance through the grim experiences of street children.Īmma Darko tells the world that every street child has a story, which are rarely told. Educationists consider Faceless relevant for learning that it has been selected among the official literature list of the West African Examination Council for Senior Secondary Schools which now belongs to the West African school canon.įaceless reviews the pathetic and gripping story of children plunged into the streets by poverty and parental neglect. In 2008, she received the most important literary prize in her country, the Ghana Book Award. For the novel Faceless, she put on dingy clothes and mingled with the inhabitants of the suburb “Sodom and Gomorrha” in Accra. Amma Darko enjoys research and spends a lot of time with interviews and in archives. Afterwards, she travelled to Germany where she stayed from 1981 until 1987 and there she wrote her first novel, ‘Beyond the Horizon’, which was published in German language. She is a graduate of Industrial Design and was opportuned to have worked for a year in a center for technological counselling at the University of Kumasi.

Who is Amma Darko?Īmma Darko is a renowned Ghanian writer and researcher. If you haven’t read the novel, the summary below will help you understand what the book entails. I couldn’t help but wept and I’m sure the first time you read the novel, you too did same. The reality of the message is just so deep down to the heart. Reading the novel, it was like watching the street activities itself. Facelessįaceless really portrays what it sounds. As students preparing for exams, we always advise not to depend on this alone but get a copy of the book from bookshops for detailed study. Note: This is just summary of the novel for instruction purpose and does not cover all contents. Learning Aids: See Reference materials below lesson content. Identify and discuss the themes in the novel Identify and write about setting of the novel Ĥ. So by the end of the lesson, the learners should be able to:Ģ. Lesson Objectives: This lesson is aimed at helping learners understand the novel “ Faceless“. Topic: Summary Analysis of the Novel ” Faceless” by Amma Darko. Welcome! Our literature lessons continues, do have a great moment studying with us! Lesson Note

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