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"Set in the imaginary African Republic of Vietongo, The Negro Grandsons of Vercingetorix begins when conflict breaks out between rival leaders and the regional ethnic groups they represent. Events recorded in a series of notebooks under the watchful eye of Hortense Lloki show how civil war culminates in a series of outlandish actions perpetrated by the warring parties' private militias - the Anacondas and the Romans from the North who have seized power against Vercingetorix (named after none other than the legendary Gallic warrior who fought against Caesar's army) and his Little Negro Grandsons in the South who are eager to regain control. Award-winning author Alain Mabanckou is at his satific best in this novel that catalogues the pain and suffering caused by the ravages of civil war. Translated into English for the first time, this novel provides a gritty slice of life in an active war zone"--Back cover.
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Like stars, societies are born, and this story deals with such a birth. It asks a fundamental and compelling question: how did societies first coalesce from the small foraging communities that had roamed in West Central Africa for many thousands of years?
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ACLS Humanities E-Book http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.09267 Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0413/2004001001.html Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0413/2004001001.html
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انگولا سے زایر ے تک / نزیر خاور.
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خاور، نزیر.
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Historical study of the political developments in Angola until her independence in 1976, as well as Zaire..
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