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100 1  Ndala, Blaise,|d1972-|eauthor. 
240 10 Dans le ventre du Congo.|lEnglish 
245 10 In the belly of the Congo /|cBlaise Ndala ; translated 
       from the French by Amy B. Reid. 
264  1 New York, NY :|bOther Press LLC,|c[2023] 
300    xvi, 406 pages ;|c21 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Originally published in French as Dans le ventre du Congo 
       in 2021 by Editions du Seuil, Paris. 
520    "A gripping multigenerational novel that explores the 
       history and human cost of colonialism in the Congo. April 
       1958. When the Brussels World's Fair opens, Robert Dumont,
       one of the people responsible for the biggest 
       international event since the end of the Second World War,
       ends up laying down his arms in the face of pressure from 
       the royal palace: there will be a "Congolese village" in 
       one of the seven pavilions devoted to the settlements. 
       Among the eleven recruits mobilized at the foot of the 
       Atomium to put on a show is the young Tshala, daughter of 
       the intractable king of the Bakuba. The journey of this 
       princess is revealed to us, from her native Kasai to 
       Brussels via Léopoldville, to her forced exhibition at 
       Expo 58, where we lose track of it. Summer 2004. Freshly 
       arrived in Belgium, a niece of the missing princess 
       crosses paths with a man haunted by the ghost of his 
       father. This is Francis Dumont, professor of law at the 
       Free University of Brussels. A succession of events ends 
       up revealing to them the secret carried by the former 
       deputy commissioner of Expo 58 to his tomb. From one 
       century to the next, the novel embraces History with a 
       capital "H," to pose the central question of the colonial 
       equation: can the past pass?"--|cProvided by publisher. 
546    In English, translated from French. 
650  0 Congolese (Democratic Republic)|zBelgium|vFiction. 
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651  0 Belgium|xColonies|vFiction. 
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655  7 Fiction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423787 
655  7 Historical fiction.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01726640 
655  7 Novels.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01921742 
655  7 Historical fiction.|2lcgft 
655  7 Novels.|2lcgft 
700 1  Reid, Amy Baram,|d1964-|etranslator. 
776 08 |iOnline version:|aNdala, Blaise.|tIn the belly of the 
       Congo|dNew York : Other Press, 2023|z9781635422597|w(DLC) 
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