In the Belly of the Congo [electronic resource] : A Novel
Blaise Ndala2023
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A gripping multigenerational novel that explores the history and human cost of
colonialism in the Congo.
April 1958. Organizing the Brussels World's Fair, the biggest international
event since the end of the Second World War, subcommissioner Robert Dumont cedes
to pressure from the royal palace: there will be a "Congolese village" in one of
the seven pavilions devoted to the settlements. Among the eleven members of this
"human zoo" assembled to put on a show at the foot of the Atomium is the young
Tshala, daughter of the intractable king of the Bakuba. From her native Kasai to
Brussels via Léopoldville, the princess's journey unfolds-until her forced
exhibition at Expo 58, where we lose track of her.
Summer 2004. Newly arrived in Belgium, a niece of the missing princess
crosses paths with a man haunted by the ghost of his father-Francis Dumont,
professor of law at the Free University of Brussels. A breathtaking series of
events will reveal to them a secret the former...
Main title:
In the Belly of the Congo [electronic resource] : A Novel / Blaise Ndala
Author:
Blaise Ndala, Author
Imprint:
United States : Other Press, 2023
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (368.0 pages, 1647.0 Kbytes)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781635422597
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
435384
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