Alain Mabanckou: Lumières de Pointe-Noire (The Lights of Pointe-Noire)

The latest addition to my website is Alain Mabanckou's Lumières de Pointe-Noire (The Lights of Pointe-Noire). This is a fictionalised autobiography following from his earlier Demain j'aurai vingt ans (Tomorrow…

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Alain Mabanckou: Les Petits-fils nègres de Vercingétorix [The Negro Grandsons of Vercingetorix]

The latest addition to my website is Alain Mabanckou's Les Petits-fils nègres de Vercingétorix [The Negro Grandsons of Vercingetorix]. I found this novel somewhat disappointing, as it is a bit…

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