We are thrilled to announce that acclaimed Congolese author, UCLA professor and filmmaker, Alain Mabanckou will be embarking on a
"francophonie" tour across the South of the United States in collaboration with the AF US Network. This exciting journey will take
him to some of the most iconic cities, including: Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, and Miami!
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Alain Mabanckou In Miami
27 at 6:30 PM | University of Miami
Conversation with Alain Mabanckou "Francophonie, Africa and beyond"
28 at 12:30 PM | Alliance Française Miami Metro
Meet & greet & book signing
28 at 6:30 PM | Little Haïti Cultural Complex
Screening of "Noirs en France" followed by a Q&A with A.Mabanckou
Screening of "Noirs en
France" followed by a Q&A with A.Mabanckou
28 at 6:30 PM | Little Haïti Cultural Complex
Free
RSVP
Free
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Meet &
greet & book signing
28 at 12:30 PM | Alliance Française Miami Metro
Limited
registration
Limited
registration
"Francophonie, AFRICA and beyond", a Conversation with Alain Mabanckou
27 at 6:30 PM | University of Miami
Free RSVP
Free RSVP
Alain Mabanckou was born in Congo in 1966. An award-winning novelist, Man International Booker Prize finalist, poet,
and essayist, Mabanckou lives in Los Angeles, where he teaches literature at UCLA. He is the author of ‘’African
Psycho’’,
‘’Broken Glass’’, ‘’Black Bazaar’’, and ‘’Tomorrow
I’ll Be Twenty’’,
as well as ‘’The Lights of Pointe-Noire’’and ‘’Black Moses’’. Among his
many honors are the Académie Française Grand Prix de littérature, awarded in recognition of his entire literary career, and the 2016 French
Voices Award for The Lights of Pointe-Noire, which was described by Salman Rushdie as “a beautiful book.” Mabanckou is a
Chevalier of the Légion d’honneur, was a finalist for the 2015 and 2017 Man Booker International Prize, and has been featured on
Vanity Fair’s list of France’s 50 most influential people. In September, Alain Mabanckou published “Lettres à un jeune
romancier sénégalais”
(Letters to a young Senegalese novelist) – Editions Le Robert, as well as “Notre France Noire” (Our Black France) in
collaboration with Pascal Blanchard and Abdourhaman Waberi ( Editions Fayard).
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(Re)discover Alain Mabanckou classics
Pre-order Alain Mabanckou's books from our online library, and we'll have them ready for you to pick up at all the events for a chance
to get them signed by the author!
[Automatic 10% discount for AFMM members & students]
Black Bazar
Parce que le derrière des femmes n'a pas de secrets pour lui, ses copains le surnomment le " fessologue ". Au Jip's, le bar où il a
ses habitudes, plus rien n'amuse ce dandy congolais, déprimé par un chagrin d'amour. Un jour, déambulant dans Paris, sa curiosité est
attisée par une librairie bondée. Il y croisera Jean-Philippe, un écrivain haïtien venu signer ses livres, et qui va bouleverser sa vie...
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Memoires de porc-EPIC
Mémoires de porc-épic est le second volet d'une trilogie inaugurée par l'inoubliable Verre Cassé. Ici encore, en détournant, avec le
sens de la dérision qu'on lui connaît, les codes narratifs de la fable, Alain Mabanckou revisite en profondeur un certain nombre de lieux
fondateurs de la littérature et de la culture africaines.
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Petit Piment
L'histoire de Petit Piment, un jeune orphelin effectuant sa scolarité dans une institution d'accueil catholique. Lors de la
révolution socialiste, il en profite pour s'évader. Adolescent, il commet toutes sortes de larcins. Il trouve refuge auprès de Maman Fiat
500 et de ses dix filles. Mais de nouvelles épreuves lui feront perdre la tête.
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Verre Cassé
Verre Cassé est un client assidu du Crédit a voyagé, un bar congolais crasseux. Un jour, le patron lui propose d'écrire les histoires
héroï-comiques des habitués, une troupe d'éclopés aux destins pittoresques...Dans cette farce métaphysique où le sublime se mêle au
grotesque, Alain Mabanckou nous offre le portrait truculent d'une Afrique drôle et inattendue.
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Lettres à un jeune romancier sénégalais
Nous sommes dans l'ère de la mutation cher Alioune et ce sont les rencontres comme la nôtre qui définissent de plus en plus nos
rapports. Les nationalités ne veulent plus rien dire. Tu es Sénégalais je suis Congolais. Et alors ? Notre fraternité est liée à la
complicité que nous éprouvons en nous lisant les uns les autres. Après Rilke et ses Lettres à un jeune poète Mario Vargas Llosa et ses
Lettres à un jeune romancier Alain Mabanckou répond aux questions posées par Alioune jeune Sénégalais de 18 ans apprenti romancier..
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Black moses
Greeted with wildly enthusiastic reviews on publication, Alain Mabanckou’s riotous novel begins in an orphanage in 1970s
Congo-Brazzaville run by a malicious political stooge who makes the life of our hero, Tokumisa Nzambe po Mose yamoyindo abotami namboka ya
Bakoko—his name means “Let us thank God, the black Moses is born on the lands of the ancestors,” but most people just call him Moses—very
difficult.
Moses is also terrorized by his two fellow orphans—the twins Songi-Songi and Tala-Tala—but after Moses exacts revenge on them by lacing
their food with hot pepper, the twins take Moses under their wing, escape the orphanage, and move to the bustling port town of Pointe-Noire,
where they form a gang that survives on petty theft.
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The tears of the black man
In The Tears of the Black Man, award-winning author Alain Mabanckou explores what it means to be black
in the world today. Mabanckou confronts the long and entangled history of Africa, France, and the United States as it has been shaped by
slavery, colonialism, and their legacy today. Without ignoring the injustices and prejudice still facing blacks, he distances himself from
resentment and victimhood, arguing that focusing too intensely on the crimes of the past is limiting. Instead, it is time to
ask: Now what? Embracing the challenges faced by ethnic minority communities today, The Tears of a Black Man looks to
the future, choosing to believe that the history of Africa has yet to be written, and seeking a path toward affirmation and reconciliation.
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the Death of comrade president
In Pointe-Noire, in the small neighbourhood of Voungou, on the family plot where young Michel lives with Maman Pauline and Papa
Roger, life goes on. But Michel's everyday cares - lost grocery money, the whims of his parents' moods, their neighbours' squabbling, his
endless daydreaming - are soon swept away by the wind of history. In March 1977, just before the arrival of the short rainy season, Comrade
President Marien Ngouabi is brutally murdered in Brazzaville, and not even naïve Michel can remain untouched.
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