The Great Encounter is a novel that captures the early centuries of European engagement in Africa. Paa Mannoh takes snippets of history, introspection into the mannerism of fishermen of the territory that used to be called the Gold Coast, the Europeans' manner of engagement with Africans, then and present, and comes out with a classic novel.

The story is told with the backdrop of the life of Esi Atta, later Latinized Isabellita Hermona, a nine year old girl of Elmina--the foremost European settlement on the Gold Coast in the fifteenth century. Esi's courage saved the lives of a crew...

The Great Encounter is a novel that captures the early centuries of European engagement in Africa. Paa Mannoh takes snippets of history, introspection into the mannerism of fishermen of the territory that used to be called the Gold Coast, the Europeans' manner of engagement with Africans, then and present, and comes out with a classic novel.

The story is told with the backdrop of the life of Esi Atta, later Latinized Isabellita Hermona, a nine year old girl of Elmina--the foremost European settlement on the Gold Coast in the fifteenth century. Esi's courage saved the lives of a crew...