Considered the first panAfricanist work of fiction and among the earliest English novels written by an African author Ethiopia Unbound Studies in Race Emancipationampnbspis a classic of Ghanaian literature that continues to resonate with modern readers today.ampnbspampldquoThe Nations were casting about for an answer to the wail which went up from the heart of the oppressed race for opportunity. And yet it was at best an impotent cry. For there has never lived a people worth writing about who have not shaped out a destiny for themselves or carved out their own opportunity.amprdquo With this political statement J.E. Casely Hayford begins his novel of African emancipation. Semiautobiographical it is the story of Kwamankra a man who like the author traveled from Africa to London to become a lawyer. Through dialogue with his English friend Whitely knowledge of historical and contemporary events in Africa and his relationship with the lovely Mansa Kwamankra comes to believe in full independence for his homeland and his people.With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript this edition of J. E. Casely HayfordamprsquosampnbspEthiopia Unbound Studies in Race Emancipationampnbspis part of the Mint Editions catalog.