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Congo Inc.
To the sound of machine gun fire and the smell of burning flesh, award-winning author In Koli Jean Bofane leads readers on a perilous, satirical journey through the civil conflict and political instability that have been the logical outcome of generations of rapacious multinational corporate activity, corrupt governance, widespread civil conflict, human rights abuses, and environmental degradation in Africa. Isookanga, a Congolese Pygmy, grows up in a small village with big dreams of becoming rich. His vision of the world is shaped by his exploits in Raging Trade, an online game where he seizes control of the world's natural resources by any means possible: high-tech weaponry, slavery, and even genocide. Isookanga leaves his sleepy village to make his fortune in the pulsating capital Kinshasa, where he joins forces with street children, warlords, and a Chinese victim of globalization in this blistering novel about capitalism, colonialism, and the world haunted by the ghosts of Bismarck and Leopold II. Told with just enough levity to make it truly heartbreaking, Congo Inc. is a searing tale about ecological, political, and economic failure.
Casablanca Story
One morning the beautiful Ichrak is found murdered in a street in Casablanca. All the men feared her as much as they desired her . . . . In a city buffeted by the Chergui, a violent wind emanating from the Sahara, the investigation becomes a prism through which a group portrait of a working-class district emerges. In Casablanca Story, In Koli Jean Bofane trains his razor-sharp observations of a bitter reality and his mordant humor on corruption among the powerful, shady property deals, and the vulnerable situation of migrants and male sexual desire, and he succeeds in transforming a desperate contemporary reality into engrossing and entertaining fiction. Following on from Congo Inc., In Koli Jean Bofane shifts his geographical focus to outline a vision that encompasses both north and sub-Saharan Africans: Africa is moving forward and is the equal of the other continents or, to put it another way, Africa is no better than they are.
The Lion is No Longer King
All the animals of the savannah were forced to do the lion's bidding after he declared himself king until the mongoose, who wanted to play instead of working for the lion everyday, tricked the lion into fearing him.
Congo Inc.
Le jeune Isookanga quitte sa forêt et son village pygmée pour faire du business à Kinshasa. Sur son chemin, de nombreux personnages – des plus pauvres aux plus puissants, des plus vils aux plus naïfs – composent un saisissant tableau du Congo contemporain aux prises avec la mondialisation. Après Mathématiques congolaises (prix Jean Muno, grand prix littéraire de l’Afrique noire, prix littéraire de la SCAM, près de 20 000 exemplaires vendus), In Koli Jean Bofane n’a rien perdu de son énergie, de son humour ni de sa lucidité politique.
Matemáticas congolesas
Célio posee un cuaderno de matemáticas, y lo guarda como un tesoro, lo cual lo ha llevado a desarrollar un hábito casi excesivo: usar fórmulas matemáticas bajo cualquier excusa. Con ellas intenta darle sentido a la inexplicable Kinshasa, capital y mayor ciudad de República Democrática del Congo. El hambre atormenta lo suficiente los estómagos como para considerar seriamente el debate sobre el bien y el mal. Célio, naturalmente es un agudo observador. Y sus teoremas le ofrecen la oportunidad de unirse al círculo muy cerrado de los brujos modernos que manipulan los seres y la vida cotidiana. Eso sólo es el comienzo de una espiral de humor y seriedad que describirá como nadie los distintos niveles de una compleja sociedad. Este libro es mordaz y exótico, In Koli Jean Bofane retrata magistralmente el microcosmos político de la realidad congolesa. Este libro ganó el Premio Jean Muno, el Gran Premio literario del África Negra y el premio de la scam.
A Companion to African Literatures
Rediscover the diversity of modern African literatures with this authoritative resource edited by a leader in the field How have African literatures unfolded in their rich diversity in our modern era of decolonization, nationalisms, and extensive transnational movement of peoples? How have African writers engaged urgent questions regarding race, nation, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality? And how do African literary genres interrelate with traditional oral forms or audio-visual and digital media? A Companion to African Literatures addresses these issues and many more. Consisting of essays by distinguished scholars and emerging leaders in the field, this book offers rigorous, deeply engaging di...
The Past Ahead
"The Past Ahead is the story of the destinies of two people after their experiences of the genocide in Rwanda. Isaro is orphaned, exiled, and now returned to her native country. Niko is a character in a novel that Isaro writes to help her understand her country's recent horrific past. Isaro's quest to recover the memory of the life she has lost is haunted by her nightmare imaginings, whose horror is given expression through Niko, a mute social outcast. When an army intent on massacre reaches his village, the once gentle young man is forced to become a killer. After the fighting ends, Niko retreats to a cave that he shares with a family of gorillas to try to escape the burden of his guilt. In his solitude, he is plagued with painful memories that will not leave him. As Isaro writes Niko's story, she succumbs to the sadness of death, violence, and the dreadful reminders of her terrible past. Stunning and powerfully written, Gatore's novel lays bare the unfathomable human cost of this international tragedy"--P. [4] of cover.
A Companion to African Cinema
An authoritative guide to African cinema with contributions from a team of experts on the topic A Companion to African Cinema offers an overview of critical approaches to African cinema. With contributions from an international panel of experts, the Companion approaches the topic through the lens of cultural studies, contemporary transformations in the world order, the rise of globalization, film production, distribution, and exhibition. This volume represents a new approach to African cinema criticism that once stressed the sociological and sociopolitical aspects of a film. The text explores a wide range of broad topics including: cinematic economics, video movies, life in cinematic urban A...
Mediocracy
There was no Reichstag fire. No storming of the Bastille. No mutiny on the Aurora. Instead, the mediocre have seized power without firing a single shot. They rose to power on the tide of an economy where workers produce assembly-line meals without knowing how to cook at home, give customers instructions over the phone that they themselves don’t understand, or sell books and newspapers that they never read. Canadian intellectual juggernaut Alain Deneault has taken on all kinds of evildoers: mining companies, tax-dodgers, and corporate criminals. Now he takes on the most menacing threat of all: the mediocre.
La Belle de Casa
La belle Ichrak est retrouvée un matin assassinée dans une rue de Casablanca. Tous les hommes la craignaient autant qu’ils la convoitaient... L’enquête, racontée par un jeune Congolais récemment arrivé au Maroc, est prétexte au portrait de groupe d’un quartier populaire. Avec sa vision acérée d’une réalité amère et son humour mordant, In Koli Jean Bofane dénonce la corruption des puissants, les magouilles immobilières, la précarité des migrants et la concupiscence masculine.
