Continent of Everything and Practically Nothing

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Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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A Togolese novel that delivers a rich, intimate portrait of a scholar whose life is inextricably bound to Africa.For French ethnologist Maurice Boyer, Africa is more than a place—it’s a dream, a puzzle, a mirror reflecting his desires and doubts. His years of fieldwork in Tèdi, Togo, where he lived among the Tem people and tried to illuminate their customs and rituals, marked him profoundly. Who was a friend and who was a foe? Which stories were true and which were illusions? As the years pass and the roles of Aurélie, his wife, and Safi, his former student, come into sharper view, Boyer finds himself wrestling not only with his own choices but with the legacy of knowledge itself. In a novel framed as a profound postcolonial quest, Sami Tchak explores Africa’s rich, complex reality through this intimate story of a scholar wrestling with his own understanding of culture, knowledge, and history. The Continent of Everything and Practically Nothing grapples with whether assembling more data can truly capture the complexity of a continent, exposing how academic ambition, history, and emotion shape scholarship.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2026-06-05
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieAfrica List
Antal sidor272
FörlagSeagull Books London Ltd
ISBN9781803096322
ÖversättareZuckerman, Jeffrey

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0. Prologue: “Daddy the Ethnologist!”The Golden Age of Impregnating and Impregnated Minds1. Thanks to Georges Balandier2. Safiou, My First Black Friend . . .3. The Others We Love . . .4. Lomé: Brief NotesIn the Heart of This Village5. And I Became Morou . . .6. The Converts7. The Blessing8. Adultery9. The Billy Goat and the Heifer10. Close Enemy11. The Imam and Me12. Between Two Men13. The Blood Stain14. Delusions of Elephants15. The Confession16. The Thief and the Outsider17. God Does Not Exist18. The Imam’s Crime19. “What Do They Need?”20. The Theft, the Qur’an, and the Fire21. The Yam and the Needles22. The Toad and the Trial23. Letters from Georges Balandier24. The Betrayal of the Body25. The Beauty of the Night26. The Man Who Saw Everything27. The True Night Is DeathLives and Speeches: Fermented Africa28. Tèdi in All My Dreams29. Safiou to the End of the Night30. The Anthropologist and the Poet31. Safiatou Kouyaté32. Local Anesthesia33. The Broker34. Unending Vassalage35. Speeches at Le Rostand36. The Laugh of GauZ’37. Aurélie and Me38. Safi’s Talk39. Jacques and Maïmouna40. Without Beating around the Bush41. My Future Bears Safi’s Face42. Fermentation Theory43. “Trashcanning”44. Babacar Ndiaye45. Safi, the Sun of My Twilight