39 Berne Street (Global African Voices)

Literature & Fiction

Löbe, Max

Literary

Indiana University Press

Walsprüche: Devisen und Sinnsprüche (German Edition)

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good idea, he believed), and other contentious matters of his era made him a wildly popular orator and critic of 19th-century American culture and public life. As a speaker dedicated to expanding intellectual horizons and celebrating the value of skepticism, Ingersoll spoke frequently on such topics as atheism, freedom from the pressures of conformity, and the lives of philosophers who espoused such concepts. This collection of his most famous speeches includes the lectures: [ "The Gods" (1872) [ "Humboldt" (1869) [ "Thomas Paine" (1870) [ "Individuality" (1873) [ "Heretics and Heresies" (1874)

History

Europe

BiblioLife

Bursting with local color, this hilarious, heartwarming coming-of-age tale follows two friends on a raucous journey across Cameroon as they grapple with grief, sexuality, and dreams of leaving.&nbsp; After their father's sudden death, Jean's older brother Roger decides he's had enough of their abusive mother and their city. He runs away to try his luck crossing illegally into Europe, in the hope of becoming a soccer star abroad. When no news of him reaches the family, and the police declare that finding some feckless brat isn't worth their time, Jean feels he has to act. Aiming to catch up with Roger before he gets to the Nigerian border, Jean enlists the help of the older Simon, a close neighborhood friend, and the two set out on the road.&nbsp; Through a series of joyful, sparky vignettes, Cameroon life is revealed in all its ups and downs. Max Lobe insightfully touches on grave, complex issues, such as the violence Boko Haram has inflicted on the region, yet still recounts events with remarkable humor and levity.

A Long Way from Douala: A Novel

Genre Fiction

Other Press

Far From Douala

Hoperoad Publishing Ltd

Does Snow Turn a Person White Inside?

Romance

LGBTQ+ Romance

HopeRoad

Un récit aux sujets délicats (prostitution, immigration, homosexualité) mais raconté sans aucune dramatisation, avec une prose fluide et expressive qui le fait sonner juste.Habitant avec sa mère la rue de Berne, Dipita jette un regard vif et joyeux sur ce quartier chaud de Genève. C’est là qu’à 16 ans, Mbila arrivée du Cameroun a été brutalement projetée dans la prostitution. Depuis, elle se débrouille et raconte sa vie à Dipita, qui aime l’écouter ; il aime aussi son oncle resté au pays, même si c’est lui qui a précipité sa mère dans les filets des « Philantropes-Bienfaiteurs ». Mais c’est l’univers exclusivement féminin des prostituées du quartier qu’il aime par-dessus tout, leurs commérages, leur générosité et leur tolérance. Dans une langue très colorée et vivante, le narrateur décrit avec finesse aussi bien la réalité des Africains sans papier que les paradoxes et les souffrances d’un tout jeune homme noir et homosexuel.

39 RUE DE BERNE (POCHE) (French Edition)

LOIN DE DOUALA

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