Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
1) Brotherhood
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A novel about cowardice and courage in the face of repression, from a powerful new voice of French-African literature. The imaginary country of Sumal is a happy place, until, that is, it's taken hostage by a fundamentalist jihadist organization called The Brotherhood. The populace quickly becomes locked in a climate of violence, falling under the control of the militias as they impose silence, terror and the most rigid moral laws. Prohibitions and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Philippe Rey
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
"In a viral video filmed in Senegal, we see how a body is defaced and then dragged out of a cemetery by a crowd. As soon as he views it, Ndéné Gueye, a young professor, tired of the moral hypocrisy of his society, becomes concerned or obsessed with this event. Who was he? Why was the body exhumed? The only answer: it was a Góor-Jigean, a "man-woman". In other words, a homosexual. A novel about how to find the courage to be your true self without...