Shameful State

Sony Labou Tansi (1947¿1995) was a Congolese novelist, playwright, and poet whose groundbreaking work transformed postcolonial francophone African literature. He is author of Life and a Half (IUP, 2011).
Dominic Thomas is Madeleine L. Letessier Chair in French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Alain Mabanckou is Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles and the author of several prizewinning novels. He is author of Blue White Red (IUP, 2013).

About the author

Sony Labou Tansi (1947-1995) was a Congolese novelist, playwright, and poet whose groundbreaking work transformed postcolonial francophone African literature. He is author of Life and a Half (IUP, 2011).

Dominic Thomas is Madeleine L. Letessier Chair in French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Alain Mabanckou is Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles and the author of several prizewinning novels. He is author of Blue White Red (IUP, 2013).

Product details

• Authors: Sony, Sony Labou Tansi, C/o Valerie Borchardt (Georges B Sony Labou Tansi, Sony Tansi, Sony Labou Tansi, Sony Labou/ Thomas Tansi
• Assisted by: Foreword by Alain Mabanckou Translated b (Editor), Dominic Thomas (Translation)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2016
• EAN: 9780253019257
• ISBN: 978-0-253-01925-7
• No. of pages: 132
• Series: Global African Voices; Global African Voices
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature