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Excerpt from Les Chants Féminins Serbes: Poèmes Populaires; Traduits en Français pour la Première Fois Avec un Commentaire Comparatif, des Airs Traditionnels Et Diverses Études Critiques
Un esprit noble, au fond de sa retraite rustique où il vit comme un sage d'autrefois, a été profonde ment touché par l'immense infortune du peuple serbe,_et a cherché 'aussitôt à le connaître. Par son admirable instinct de découvrir les pays étrangers, d'en pénétrer l'âme aux seuls sons de leur langage, M. Philéas Lebesgue a puisé à la source même son attachement pour notre patrie. Dès lors, il nous a voué une affection consciente, dont nous sommes fiers. Car c 'est un des amis qui nous aiment parce qu 'ils nous connaissent.
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Uzodinma Iweala is also the author of Our Kind of People, a work of nonfiction. He lives in New York City and Lagos, Nigeria.
Summary
In 2005, Uzodinma Iweala stunned readers and critics alike with Beasts of No Nation, his debut novel about child soldiers in West Africa. Now his return to his native continent has produced Our Kind of People, a nonfiction account of the AIDS crisis that is every bit as startling and original.
Iweala embarks on a remarkable journey in his native Nigeria, meeting individuals and communities that are struggling daily to understand both the impact and meaning of the disease. He speaks with people from all walks of life-the ill and the healthy, doctors, nurses, truck drivers, sex workers, shopkeepers, students, parents, and children. Their testimonies are by turns uplifting, alarming, humorous, and surprising, and always unflinchingly candid.
Beautifully written and heartbreakingly honest, Our Kind of People goes behind the headlines of an unprecedented epidemic to show the real lives it affects, illuminating the scope of the crisis and a continent's valiant struggle.
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"In this unassuming but important book, Uzodinma Iweala gives the AIDS pandemic not just a human face but a human voice. . . . Remarkable."
