Uzoma Ihejirika Translators are faced with the difficult task of reconstructing meaning across languages and cultures. Christopher Schaefer undertakes this task in Baho!, Roland Rugero’s second novel (originally published in French) and also, according to the publisher, the first novel from Burundi to be translated into English. Baho! puts the spotlight on the people […]
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Uzoma Ihejirika There is a saying that the world is a small place, that there is always someone who knows someone who knows us. Ours, we have come to believe, is a far-flung, yet close by neighborhood. In The Sound of Things to Come, Emmanuel Iduma’s debut, the world is made smaller, compact, and fitted
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Sanya Osha Unconcerned with creating fully fledged characters, Sony Labou Tansi’s The Shameful State highlights the farcical and gruesome nature of extreme power. A Review of The Shameful State Sony Labou Tansi, trans. Dominic Thomas, Indiana University Press, Bloomington and Indianapolis, 2016 In The Shameful State, Sony Labou Tansi charts how farcical and
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Originally published in Scribbles from the Den Dibussi Tande Imbolo Mbue. (March 15, 2016). Behold the Dreamers: A Novel. New York: Random House, 384 pages. Formats: Ebook, Audio, Hardcover. Available on pre-order on Amazon and Barnes & Noble. It was destined to be a debut novel like no other from the
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