Kibogo Paperback |September 13, 2022 |by Scholastique Mukasonga
by ASCOM market
Original price
26,500 RF
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Original price
26,500 RF
Original price
26,500 RF
26,500 RF
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26,500 RF
Current price
26,500 RF
A new masterwork of satire, lore, and living memory from the leading voice of French-Rwandan literature
“Mukasonga breathes upon a vanished world and brings it to life in all its sparkling multifariousness” --J.M. Coetzee
In four beautifully woven parts, Mukasonga spins a marvelous recounting of the clash between ancient Rwandan beliefs and the missionaries determined to replace them with European Christianity.
When a rogue priest is defrocked for fusing the gospels with the martyrdom of Kibogo, a fierce clash of cults ensues. Swirling with the heady smell of wet earth and flashes of acerbic humor, Mukasonga brings to life the vital mytologies that imbue the Rwandan spirit