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Title The negro grandsons of Vercingetorix

Author Mabanckou, Alain, 1966- author.
Publisher Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2019]
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 Lansing-1st Floor-Adult Fiction  FIC Mabanckou      AVAILABLE

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Series Global African voices
Global African voices.
Notes Original publication in French.
Summary "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."--Amazon.com.
Description xiii, 203 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN 9780253043887 (pbk.)
0253043883
Utility # sky298198782
Subjects Civil war -- Fiction.
War stories.
Satire.
Africa, Central -- Politics and government -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Africa -- Politics and government -- Fiction.
Contributors Johnston, Bill, 1960- translator.