Over the course of several years, Kpomassie worked his way across West Africa and Europe before arriving in Greenland in the early '60s. While looking for a way around this future, he happened upon a book about Greenland and became obsessed with the idea of moving there and becoming a hunter. This brilliantly observed and superbly entertaining record of his adventures among the Inuit is a testament both to the wonderful strangeness of the human species and to the surprising sympathies that bind us all.īy woburnmusicfan on SeptemWhen author Kpomassie was a teenager in his native Togo in the '50s, he nearly died in a fall, and was pledged by his father to become a priest of the python cult that cured him. Working his way north over nearly a decade, Kpomassie finally arrived in the country of his dreams. ISBN-13: 978-0940322882 Summary: Tété-Michel Kpomassie was a teenager in Togo when he discovered a book about Greenland-and knew that he must go there. Winner of the Grand prix littéraire d'Afrique noire in 2003Īn African in Greenland Tete-Michel Kpomassie, 2001 Some publications: 'Chemins de croix', 'Atterissage,' 'Cola cola jazz,' Canailles et charlatans', Un rêve d’Albatros'… He lives between Lomé and Bordeaux in France. His works explores the political and historic memory of African peoples through themes like slavery, dictatorship and racial and cultural métissage. He is professor of theater and literature at University of Lomé, Togo.

Novelist, playwright and short story writer, he has published more than ten books. Born in Togo, 1966, Kangni Alem Alemdjrodo holds a PhD in French, Comparative and French African Literature of University of Bordeaux III, France. ISBN-13: 978-2906067820 Summary: Kangni Alem (full name Kangni Alemdjrodo) b.

Cola Cola Jazz by Kangni Alem