Somota is society divided by change, and by memories. When A. arrives in the protectorate shortly after the first world war, he is unsure of what to expect. Employed by the government as a linguistic anthropologist, he is tasked with documenting the benefits of the new order and reporting them to the Reverend G. But what are these benefits? In his travels throughout the region, A. finds only the physical and emotional scars of conquest, and of routine colonial administration. Yet, even as the indigenous culture is being reduced to mere fragments, he also learns of a sublime literature responding to those historical traumas. One storyteller in particular, Kehinta, begins to reveal to A. just how much has been lost.
A profoundly beautiful novel commenting on the horrors of colonial oppression, trauma, love, and the power of story.
- ISBN13 9798987007532
- Publish Date 30 May 2023
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Blackwater Press
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 384
- Language English