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Margret Lawrence's This Side Jordan

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In Margret Lawrence’s “This Side Jordan,” white protagonist, Johnnie Kestoe realizes he needs to change his practices in order to have a successful life in Ghana. This novel is based on two different cultures battling for power and identity while the people of Ghana fight to be ruled by their own people. This novel also has to do with old vs new, and how each culture practices different ways of life. Johnnie works for a British company, Allkirk, Moore & Bright in Ghana. Johnnie struggles with discarding his prejudgement of blacks, dealing with his history of violence, and adjusting to Africanization in the new country. Johnnie Kestoe is not facing these problems alone, for he has an independent minded, pregnant wife, Miranda. Miranda does
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