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Author Mukasonga, Scholastique, author.

Title Kibogo / Scholastique Mukasonga ; translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti.

Publication Info. Brooklyn, NY : Archipelago Books, 2022.
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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  F MUKASONGA, S.    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Basement Materials  MUKASONGA, SCHOLASTIQUE    Check Shelf
Edition First Archipelago Books edition.
Description 152 pages ; 18 cm
Note Originally published in French as: Kibogo est monté au ciel : roman. [Paris] : Gallimard, [2020].
Summary "Kibogo's story is reserved for the evening's end, when women sit around a fire drinking honeyed brew, when just a few are able to stave off sleep. With heads nodding, drifting into the mist of a dream, one faithful storyteller will weave the old legends of the hillside, stories which church missionaries have done everything in their power to expunge. Kibogo's tale is at once an origin myth, a celestial marvel, and a source of hope. And for the white priests who spritz holy water on shriveled trees, it's considered forbidden, satanic, a witchdoctor's hoax. Everyone energetically debates Kibogo's twisted story, but deep down secretly wonders: Can Kibogo really summon the rain?"-- Provided by publisher.
Language Translated from the French.
Subject Storytellers -- Rwanda -- Fiction.
Culture conflict -- Rwanda -- Fiction.
Conversion -- Christianity -- Fiction.
Rwanda -- Colonization -- Fiction.
Legends -- Rwanda -- Fiction.
Rwanda -- Fiction.
Rwandan fiction (French) -- Translations into English.
Colonization. (OCoLC)fst00868483
Conversion -- Christianity. (OCoLC)fst00877229
Culture conflict. (OCoLC)fst00885099
Legends. (OCoLC)fst00995592
Rwandan fiction (French) (OCoLC)fst02010017
Storytellers. (OCoLC)fst01134165
Rwanda. (OCoLC)fst01212358
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
Historical fiction. (OCoLC)fst01726640
Translations. (OCoLC)fst01423791
Historical fiction.
Added Author Polizzotti, Mark, translator.
Added Title Kibogo est monté au ciel. English
ISBN 1953861369 (paperback)
9781953861368 (paperback)
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