What is Africa s own heart of darkness ? It is what confronts Ayane when, after three years abroad, she returns to the Central African village of her birth. Now an outsider with foreign ways distrusted by her fellow villagers, she must face alone the customs and superstitions that bind this clan of men and women. When invading militia organize a horrific ceremony that they claim will help reunite Africa, Ayane is forced to confront the monstrosity of the act that follows, as well as the responsibility that all the villagers must bear for silently accepting evil done in their name.Through...
What is Africa s own heart of darkness ? It is what confronts Ayane when, after three years abroad, she returns to the Central African village of her ...
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A Si leurs fils ne sont jamais retrouvA(c)s, si le ngambi ne rA(c)vA]le pas ce qui leur est arrivA(c), on ne racontera pas le chagrin de ces mA]res...
This powerful novel presents the early days of the transatlantic slave trade from a new perspective: that of the sub-Saharan population that became its first victims. Cameroonian novelist Leonora Miano presents a world on the brink of disappearing--a pre-colonial civilization with roots that stretch back for centuries. One day, a group of villagers find twelve of their people missing. Where have they gone? Who is responsible? A collective dream, troubling a group of mothers in a communal dwelling, may have some of the answers, as the women's missing sons call to them in terror; at the same...
This powerful novel presents the early days of the transatlantic slave trade from a new perspective: that of the sub-Saharan population that became it...