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WABERI, ABDOURAHMAN A. / IN THE UNITED STATES OF AFRICA

WABERI, ABDOURAHMAN A.


in the united states of africa
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In a literary reversal as deadly serious as it is wickedly satiric, this novel by the acclaimed French-speaking African writer Abdourahman A. Waberi turns the fortunes of the world upside down. On this reimagined globe a stream of sorry humanity flows from the West, from the slums of America and the squalor of Europe, to escape poverty and desperation in the prosperous United States of Africa. It is in this world that an African doctor on a humanitarian mission to France adopts a child. Now a young artist, this girl, Malaika, travels to the troubled land of her birth in hope of finding her mother--and perhaps something of her lost self. Her search, at times funny and strange, is also deeply poignant, reminding us at every moment of the turns of fate we call truth.

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Released: Sun 1 Mar 2009
Catalogue Number: 0008012355
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  • Forward By: Percival L. Everett
  • Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr
  • Translators: David Ball, Nicole Ball
  • Editions: Translation
  • Subject Development: African American, Fiction - Coming of Age
  • Geographic Designator: Middle East/North Africa, Africa
  • Academic Level: General Adult
  • Depth (m): 0.013
  • Dewey: 843/.914
  • Height (m): 0.216
  • Pages: 123
  • Place Of Publication: United States
  • Published Date: Sun 1 Mar 2009
  • Weight (g): 159
  • Width (m): 0.146

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