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One morning the beautiful Ichrak is found murdered in a street in Casablanca. All the men feared her as much as they desired her . . . . In a city buffeted by the Chergui, a violent wind emanating from the Sahara, the investigation becomes a prism through which a group portrait of a working-class district emerges.
In Casablanca Story, In Koli Jean Bofane trains his razor-sharp observations of a bitter reality and his mordant humor on corruption among the powerful, shady property deals, and the vulnerable situation of migrants and male sexual desire, and he succeeds in transforming a desperate contemporary reality into engrossing and entertaining fiction.
Following on from Congo Inc., In Koli Jean Bofane shifts his geographical focus to outline a vision that encompasses both north and sub-Saharan Africans: Africa is moving forward and is the equal of the other continents or, to put it another way, Africa is no better than they are.
List of contents
Solar Winds
Geothermal Power
Clouds
Particular Matter
Cyclone
Areas of Low Pressure
Heat Wave
Greenhouse Effect
High Pressure
About the author
In Koli Jean Bofane. translated by Bill Johnston
Summary
*Casablanca Story deals with themes of hardship, expliotation and male sexual desire. *Bofane's last book, Congo, Inc. proved to be a popular addition to the Global African Voices Series *Author's French editions have won several awards, including the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire (Black African Literary Grand Prize)
