The author of Harmattan Whispers reproduces life in such a harmonic order enveloped with dreams carefully filtered and balanced. As a keen observer of his society, he describes with passionate fervour movements that give existence its density. Emmanuel Matateyou in this poetic cocktail of his takes the reader through an African society where Harmattan, this North East trade wind, destroys as it sweeps along the ugly, the vicissitudes and the shredded pieces of life to leave place to a new kind of drunken quest. In the flux of his words and imagery, he gives life to dreams, fantasies and the...

In this book, the author immerses us in the freshness of children's imagination - a world in which animals live side-by-side with human beings. Soothed by an oral African culture that proceeds from the depth of ages, Emmanuel Matateyou, as a true transmitter of knowledge relates with moving tenderness traditional African narratives in which poetry and songs accompany the people in their everyday life. In simple language and a fluid style, this book - which is full of liveliness and charm - captivates the reader with its appealing and poignant illustrations which depict the scenes of African...