Previous
The Senegalese
In "Jumping Monkey Hill," Edward is a British man who received a degree from Oxford in African Literature. He runs the writers' conference at Jumping Monkey Hill and seeks to discover stories that speak to the "real Africa." He's pretentious, insists on European dining customs that offend the African attendees, and makes suggestive comments to the female writers.
Edward Quotes in The Thing Around Your Neck
The The Thing Around Your Neck quotes below are all either spoken by Edward or refer to Edward. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Jumping Monkey Hill
Quotes
"Which Africa?"
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
Get the entire The Thing Around Your Neck LitChart as a printable PDF.
Edward Quotes in The Thing Around Your Neck
The The Thing Around Your Neck quotes below are all either spoken by Edward or refer to Edward. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Jumping Monkey Hill
Quotes
"Which Africa?"
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
