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Jazz and palm wine
- Title
- Jazz and palm wine / Emmanuel Dongala ; translated and with a foreword by Dominic Thomas.
- Author
- Dongala, Emmanuel Boundzéki, 1941-
- Publication
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2017]
- ©2017
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Thomas, Dominic Richard David
- Description
- xiii, 119 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- Jazz, aliens, and witchcraft collide in this collection of short stories by renowned author Emmanuel Dongala. The influence of Kongo culture is tangible throughout, as customary beliefs clash with party conceptions of scientific and rational thought. In the first half of Jazz and Palm Wine, the characters emerge victorious from decades of colonial exploitation in the Congo only to confront the burdensome bureaucracy, oppressive legal systems, and corrupt governments of the post-colonial era. The ruling political party attempts to impose order and scientific thinking while the people struggles to deal with drought, infertility, and impossible regulations and policies; both sides mix witchcraft, diplomacy, and violence in their efforts to survive. The second half of the book is set in the United States during the turbulent civil rights struggles of the 1960s. In the title story, African and American leaders come together to save the world from extraterrestrials by serving vast quantities of palm wine and playing American jazz. The stories in Jazz and Palm Wine prompt conversations about identity, race, and co-existence, providing contextualization and a historical dimension that is often sorely lacking. Through these collisions and clashes, Dongala suggests a pathway to racial harmony, peaceful co-existence, and individual liberty through artistic creation.
- Series Statement
- Global African voices
- Uniform Title
- Jazz et vin de palme. English
- Global African voices.
- Alternative Title
- Jazz et vin de palme.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Short stories, Congolese (Brazzaville) (French)
- Short stories, African.
- Short stories.
- Note
- Originally published in French as: Jazz et vin de palme. Paris : Hatier, ©1982.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language (note)
- Translated from the French.
- Call Number
- Sc D 17-1179
- ISBN
- 9780253026699
- 0253026695
- OCLC
- 962322374
- Author
- Dongala, Emmanuel Boundzéki, 1941- author.
- Title
- Jazz and palm wine / Emmanuel Dongala ; translated and with a foreword by Dominic Thomas.
- Publisher
- Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Global African voicesGlobal African voices.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Language
- Translated from the French.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Thomas, Dominic Richard David, translator.
- Research Call Number
- Sc D 17-1179