Kaveena / Boubacar Boris Diop ; translated by Bhakti Shringarpure and Sara C. Hanaburgh ; foreword by Ayo A. Coly.

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Diop, Boubacar Boris, 1946-

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TextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Global African Voices SerPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2016Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780253020567
0253020565

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: KaveenaDDC classification:

843/.914 23

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PQ3989.2.D553 K3813 2016eb

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Cover -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- KAVEENA.

Summary: This dark and suspenseful novel tells the story of a fictitious West African country caught in the grip of civil war. The dispassionate and deadpan narrator, Asante Kroma, is a former head of Secret Services and finds himself living with the corpse of the dictator, a man who once ruled his nation with an iron fist. Through a series of flashbacks and letters penned by the dictator, N'Zo Nikiema, readers discover the role of the French shadow leader, Pierre Castaneda, whose ongoing ambition to exploit the natural resources of the country knows no limits. As these powerful men use others as pawns in a violent real-life chess match, it is the murder of six-year-old Kaveena and her mother's quest for vengeance that brings about a surprise reckoning.

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This dark and suspenseful novel tells the story of a fictitious West African country caught in the grip of civil war. The dispassionate and deadpan narrator, Asante Kroma, is a former head of Secret Services and finds himself living with the corpse of the dictator, a man who once ruled his nation with an iron fist. Through a series of flashbacks and letters penned by the dictator, N'Zo Nikiema, readers discover the role of the French shadow leader, Pierre Castaneda, whose ongoing ambition to exploit the natural resources of the country knows no limits. As these powerful men use others as pawns in a violent real-life chess match, it is the murder of six-year-old Kaveena and her mother's quest for vengeance that brings about a surprise reckoning.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- KAVEENA.

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