Black Moses /

"A rollicking new novel described as "Oliver Twist in 1970s Africa" (Les Inrockuptibles) by the finalist for the Man International Booker Prize It's not easy being Tokumisa Nzambe po Mose yamoyindo abotami namboka ya Bakoko. There's that long name of his for a start, which m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mabanckou, Alain, 1966- (Author)
Other Authors: Stevenson, Helen (Translator) (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the French.
Published: New York, NY : The New Press, 2017.
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