The tears of the black man /

Mabanckou, Alain, 1966-

The tears of the black man / Alain Mabanckou ; translated by Dominic Thomas. - First edition. - [Bloomington, Indiana] : Indiana University Press, 2018. - 74 p. ; 21 cm. - Global African voices . - Global African voices. .

"First published as Le Sanglot de l'Homme Noir by Editions Fayard (c) 2012."

The black man's tears (Pascal Bruckner) -- A Negro in Paris (Bernard Dadie) -- The spirit of the laws (Montesquieu) -- Murderous identities (Amin Maalouf) -- Road to Europe (Ferdinand Oyono) -- How can one be Persian? (Montesquieu) -- The foreign student (Philippe Labro) -- Bound to violence (Yambo Ouologuem) -- The identity card (Jean-Marc Adiaffi) -- Literature of the stomach (Julien Gracq) -- Phantom Africa (Michel Leiris) -- The suns of independence (Ahmadou Kourouma).


In English; translated from the French.

9780253035837 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Blacks--Social conditions.--France
Blacks--Race identity--France.
Blacks--Attitudes.--France

DC34.5.B55 / M3313 2018