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Awarded the "Prix Goncourt des Lycéens 2006"
The initiatory journey of a little girl who continues to believe in the future of an Africa that no longer knows how to love its children. War has ravaged Mboasu, this imaginary African state that is only too true to life, bleeding the country...
Awarded the "Prix Goncourt des Lycéens 2006"
The initiatory journey of a little girl who continues to believe in the future of an Africa that no longer knows how to love its children. War has ravaged Mboasu, this imaginary African state that is only too true to life, bleeding the country dry. Families no longer able to care for their children accuse them of being the source of misfortune and chase them from home. And so little Musango becomes a street kid. Kidnapped, then sold by traffickers in child trade, she is sequestered by pimps who use the activities of a religious sect to mask their unspeakable commerce in flesh. Determined to return to her mother, Musango escapes, fleeing across a country gone mad, victim of unprecedented moral and material poverty. All along her arduous journey, she talks to her mother, who symbolizes an Africa that has lost its bearings. Musango embodies the generation of those who must build without past references. Will her encounter with the young Mbalé signal a new dawn for the entire continent?
Léonora Miano grew up in Cameroon and now lives in Paris. Her first novel, L'Intérieur de la nuit, was immensely successful, garnering two literary prizes and leading the list of Lire magazine's « best French novels of the year”. Her latest work is, once again, devoted to Africa and demonstrates anew the power of an incisive and entrancing style.
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