The Negro Grandsons of Vercingetorix

by Alain Mabanckou

Book Overview

Set in the imaginary African Republic of Vietongo, The Negro Grandsons of Vercingetorix begins when conflict breaks out between rival leaders and the regional ethnic groups they represent. Events recorded in a series of notebooks under the watchful eye of Hortense Lloki show how civil war culminates in a series of outlandish actions perpetrated by the warring parties' private militias--the Anacondas and the Romans from the North who have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0253043883
• ISBN13: 9780253043887
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher