SAY HER NAME

Narrator Adjoa Andoh showcases her acting talents in portraying Eva, a woman in desperate search of her birth mother, and the women and men who are part of Eva's life. With appropriate pacing and intense emotion, Andoh expresses the tension and pain felt by the women she voices. Some of the most heartbreaking moments come in Andoh's masterful performance of young Eva's experiences in an orphanage. The title has many layers of meaning: Eva says the names of strong, historic Black females to boost her confidence, and she repeatedly says the names of the four Black women who mysteriously disappeared in 1994 in London without any public outcry. This is a disturbing, slow-burn psychological thriller that keeps listeners engaged to the end. E.Q. © AudioFile 2022, Portland, Maine [Published: MAY 2022]