The peculiar and moving story of a Congolese boy's coming-of-age amid the political strife of postcolonial Congo
His nickname is Matapari, which means "trouble." He is an African child of the '90s--brilliant, mischievous, postcolonial, postmodern-caught in the crossfire of a chaotically liberated African country. Matapari grows up in a world of talking drums, the Internet, and satellite TV, a world of dictators who remake themselves as democrats overnight.
His uncle is a stooge for the dictator; his father is a scholarly recluse obsessed with proving that blacks played key roles in Western history. Matapari is a young man in the middle--but the shrewdness and wit with which he tells his often riotously funny story set him apart from his relatives and countrymen.
Emmanuel Dongala uses the ingenious viewpoint of a child to show up the telltale world of adults--and to show how one preserves one's independence in a corrupt and violent society.
https://www.gandhi.com.mx/c5ad45fd-443b-4337-ba28-200276043e922959137Little Boys Come from the Stars<p><strong>The peculiar and moving story of a Congolese boy's coming-of-age amid the political strife of postcolonial Congo</strong></p>
<p>His nickname is Matapari, which means "trouble." He is an African child of the '90s--brilliant, mischievous, postcolonial, postmodern-caught in the crossfire of a chaotically liberated African country. Matapari grows up in a world of talking drums, the Internet, and satellite TV, a world of dictators who remake themselves as democrats overnight.</p>
<p>His uncle is a stooge for the dictator; his father is a scholarly recluse obsessed with proving that blacks played key roles in Western history. Matapari is a young man in the middle--but the shrewdness and wit with which he tells his often riotously funny story set him apart from his relatives and countrymen.</p>
<p>Emmanuel Dongala uses the ingenious viewpoint of a child to show up the telltale world of adults--and to show how one preserves one's independence in a corrupt and violent society.</p>https://kbimages1-a.akamaihd.net/Images/d01338ca-4251-4f10-bfdf-74d4d69e5f8d/300/300/False/image.jpg176instock2031761327000https://www.gandhi.com.mx/media/catalog/product/2022-01-25T11:02:46+0000FIC043000Emmanuel DongalaEpub 2FIC043000