{"product_id":"the-tears-of-the-black-man-paperback-softback-9780253035837","title":"The Tears of the Black Man (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253035837","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Tears of the Black Man\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlain Mabanckou (Author), Dominic Thomas (Translated by), Librairie Artheme Fayard (Other)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253035837\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 11 July 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e86 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.136 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Africans, Mr. Mabanckou is asking us to wake up from such dreams and do something that matters in the present rather than live in the past. It is not helping us in the least. Also, he is asking us, for God's sake, to stop blaming everything on the white man and acknowledge our share of responsibilities.\"—Ndeye Sene Mbaye, author of 'Under the Neem Tree'\u003cbr\u003e \"In this slender but intellectually dense collection of 12 essays, Franco-Congolese novelist Mabanckou (\u003ci\u003eBlack Moses\u003c\/i\u003e) reveals and reshapes notions of black identity, arguing that in today's global community, 'identity goes far beyond notions of territory or blood.' . . . Mabanckou's challenging perspective on African identity today is as enlightening as it is provocative.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Africa's Samuel Beckett ... one of the continent's greatest living writers\"—\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Mabanckou's challenging perspective on African identity today is as enlightening as it is provocative.\"—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTears of the Black Man\u003c\/i\u003e, award-winning author Alain Mabanckou explores what it means to be black in the world today. Mabanckou confronts the long and entangled history of Africa, France, and the United States as it has been shaped by slavery, colonialism, and their legacy today. Without ignoring the injustices and prejudice still facing blacks, he distances himself from resentment and victimhood, arguing that focusing too intensely\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eon the crimes of the past is limiting. Instead, it is time to ask: Now what? Embracing the challenges faced by ethnic minority communities today, \u003ci\u003eThe Tears of the Black Man \u003c\/i\u003elooks to the future, choosing to believe that the history of Africa has yet to be written and seeking a path toward affirmation and reconciliation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1: The \"Black\" Man's Tears (Pascal Bruckner)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2: A Negro in Paris (Bernard Dadié)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3: The Spirit of the Laws (Montesquieu)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Murderous Identities (Amin Maalouf)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: Road to Europe (Ferdinand Oyono)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: How can one be Persian? (Montesquieu)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: The Foreign Student (Philippe Labro)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: Bound to Violence (Yambo Ouologuem)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: The Identity Card (Jean-Marc Adiaffi)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10: Literature of the Stomach (Julien Gracq)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11: Phantom Africa (Michel Leiris)\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12: The Suns of Independence (Ahmadou Kourouma)\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685676937496,"sku":"9780253035837","price":11.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-tears-of-the-black-man-paperback-softback-9780253035837","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}