The Tears of the Black Man
by Alain Mabanckou
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Embracing the challenges faced by ethnic minority communities today, The Tears of the Black Man looks to the future, arguing that the history of Africa has yet to be written and seeking a path toward affirmation and reconciliation.Tags
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Beaucoup de répétitions thématiques dans cette série d'essais. Toujours agréable à lire mais pas le meilleur de Mabanckou.
Un livre pathétique, plein de clichés et d'une écriture ordinaire. Mabanckou s'y révèle comme grand défenseur de la France et autres pays colonisateurs. Il révèle aussi sa méconnaissance de la culture américaine et des Noirs Américains tout en voulant se montrant comme un expert en la matière. Le livre ne présente aucun intérêt, sauf en ce qui concerne le droit de certains Africains à la nationalité française et la lettre des deux enfants qui se trouve en annexe.
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Alain Mabanckou was born in Congo-Brazzavile in 1966. He is the author of Broken Glass (Soft Skull 2010), Memoirs of a Porcupine (Soft Skull 2006) and African Psycho (Soft Skull 2007) among others. He currently divides his time between Paris and California, where he teaches French Literature at UCLA. Sara Meli Ansari is a translator and design show more historian. She holds an undergraduate degree in French studies from the University of Michigan and a Masters degree in the history of culture and design from the Bard Graduate Center. She live with her husband in New York City. show less
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- The Tears of the Black Man
- Original title
- Le sanglot de l'homme noir
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- Nonfiction, Anthropology
- DDC/MDS
- 305.896044 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Ethnic and national groups Other ethnic and national groups Africans and people of African descent; Blacks of African origin standard subdivisions / located in Europe France and Monaco
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- DC34.5 .B55 .M3313 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania France – Andorra – Monaco History of France Antiquities. Social life and customs. Ethnography
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- English, French
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