Tag: Mabanckou
Alain Mabanckou, life in the kingdom of the dead
Born in Pointe-Noire in Congo-Brazzaville, Alain Mabanckou teaches today in the United States. Translator, editor, writer, documentary filmmaker, he is the author of numerous essays and novels including porcupine memory…
Literature: Alain Mabanckou and “The business of reclining”
At the time of the literary season when 490 new French and foreign novels appear, today’s cultural guest is the writer Alain Mabanckou, who has just published The elongated trade,…
Blacks in France: the view of the Franco-Congolese writer Alain Mabanckou
What do black French people have in common? Not much, except their skin color and the racism they experience. This is what the documentary “Blacks in France” by French director…