New York: Scribner's, (1996) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel by Ladd, director of the Bunting Institute at Radcliffe - the story of a black woman in the 60s who travels to Senegal, her attempt to establish her own identity and the emergence of Afrocentrism. Dust jacket praise from Kathleen Cleaver, who refers to the woman's "devotion to a larger-than-life husband." 319 pp. ISBN: 0-684-804107.