In this gripping novel set in both French Guinea and Paris, award-winning author (The King of Kahel) Tierno Mon nembo explores themes of international exile, sexual abuse, generational trauma and repressed memory of a people and country under the regime of dictator Sekou Toure from 1956-1982 in which 50,000 people were reported killed or disappeared. With his title character V ronique Bangoura, Mon nembo provides a portrait of a powerful female protagonist...