Bibliograph

Casablanca story, In Koli Jean Bofane ; translated by Bill Johnston

Type

Label

Casablanca story, In Koli Jean Bofane ; translated by Bill Johnston

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Casablanca story

Oclc number

1252739893

Responsibility statement

In Koli Jean Bofane ; translated by Bill Johnston

Series statement

Global African voices

Summary

"One morning the beautiful Ichrak is found murdered in a street in Casablanca. All the men feared her as much as they desired her . . . . In a city buffeted by the Chergui, a violent wind emanating from the Sahara, the investigation becomes a prism through which a group portrait of a working-class district emerges. In The Belles of Casablanca, In Koli Jean Bofane trains his razor-sharp observations of a bitter reality and his mordant humor on corruption among the powerful, shady property deals, and the vulnerable situation of migrants and male sexual desire, and he succeeds in transforming a desperate contemporary reality into engrossing and entertaining fiction. Following on from Congo Inc., In Koli Jean Bofane shifts his geographical focus to outline a vision that encompasses both north and sub-Saharan Africans: Africa is moving forward and is the equal of the other continents or, to put it another way, Africa is no better than they are"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Solar Winds -- Geothermal Power -- Clouds -- Particulate Matter -- Cyclone -- Areas of Low Pressure -- Heat Wave -- Greenhouse Effect -- High Pressure

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