African attitude

Lang Fafa Dampha

Description

A young Gambian immigrant explores the contrasting philosophies of his fellows in Paris with regard to the West: staunch Pan-Africanism versus hard pro-Western. This story demonstrates the triviality and pointlessness of the attitude of some African immigrants. A story that lifts the lid on the lives of Gambian immigrants in Paris - a world of tragedy, terror and futility, tempered by the voice of reason.

Sujets

• Harmattan Littérature
• Nouvelles
• Littérature
• Romans

Informations

• Publié par: L'Harmattan
• Date de parution: 01 décembre 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 9
• EAN13: 9782336332826
• Langue: Français
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Lang Fafa DAMPHA

African Attitude Novel

African Attitude

Ecrire l’Afrique Ecrire l’Afrique

African Attitude

By the same author 1.Nationalism and Reparation in West Africa, L’Harmattan, April 2013. 2.Afrique subsaharienne : mémoire, histoire et réparation, L’Harmattan, June 2013. 3.African Aliens, L’Harmattan, Trafford, July 2013. © L’Harmattan, 2013 5-7, rue de l’École-polytechnique ; 75005 Paris http://www.harmattan.fr [e-mail] [e-mail] ISBN : 978-2-343-02277-2 EAN : 9782343022772

Lang Fafa DAMPHA African Attitude

Écrire l’Afrique Collection dirigée par Denis Pryen Romans, récits, témoignages littéraires et sociologiques, cette collection reflète les multiples aspects du quotidien des Africains. Dernières parutions Kapashika DIKUYI,Une étrange famille congolaise et son odyssée, 2013. Patrick-Serge BOUTSINDI,Jour des funérailles à Poto-Poto, 2013. El hadji DIAGOLA,Ma femme m’a sauvé la vie,2013. Gilbert TSHIBANGU KANKENZA,À la rencontre du destin,2013. Abderrahmane NGAÏDÉ,Une nuit à Madina do Boé, 2013. Henri PEMOT,Kimpa Vita, Une résistante Kongo, 2013. Richard GUERIN,Le médecin errant de l’Afrique, les aventures de Jonas, 2013. Patrice ITOUA,La banque mondiale et la CEMAC, Un partenariat pour l’aide au développement de la sous-région, 2013. Baudouin Mwamba MPUTU,L’Afrique face au défi de la technoscience. Histoire et Enjeux, 2013. Vicky Mujinga KALAMBAY,Bilonda. Une écolière face à son destin, 2013. Obambé GAKOSSO,Les malades précieux, 2013. Ano NIANZOU,Sous les bombes de Char-kozy, 2013. Francine N GO IBOUM,Fleur brisée, 2013. Lang Fafa DAMPHA,African Aliens, 2013. Claude-Ernest NDALLA,Le Gourou. Une imposture congolaise, 2013. Salvator NAHIMANA, Angélique Gisèle Nshimirimana. Mon homme m’aurait mangée toute crue. Edition bilingue kirundi-français, 2013. Aboubacar LANKOANDE,La palabre des Calaos, 2013. Christian ROCHE,Amaï. Amour et rébellion en Casamance, 2013.

Acknowledgements I wish to thank Mr. and Mrs. Alan and Anne Trévarthen of Vannes, France, for their unfailing support. Mrs Anne Trévarthen was my professor of Post-colonial Literature at the University of Paris VII, Jussieu. Likewise and as usual, my gratitude goes to Mrs. Susie Kelly for her editorial services. I thank all those who have shared with me their insights and rendered me support, particularly my colleague and brother, Dr Moustafa Traoré. I am deeply indebted to my mother, Mba Maty, and my wife, Isatou Njie Dampha, for their love, support and encouragement.

Content

One: Deliverance.........................................................................9 Two: The Sub-Saharan combat .................................................23 Three: The South-West debate ...............................................27 Four: African woman, African man ......................................41 Five: African attitude ................................................................49 Six: The Horror .........................................................................85 Seven: Reparation......................................................................97

One: Deliverance

I have to unfetter myself from qualms and misgivings hanging over my world, or our world, like gathering rain clouds. Who am I? A hunter? An aggressive huntsman of Inalienable Rights? Here I am, sunk into the living depths of this concrete jungle, on a migratory route that has been so uncertain, and even more when I see myself through the great frontier, through the gates of this blue land of golden stars, equally unsure to me like existence itself. I am a wayfarer, a colonised-invader. Just as they did to my people in the 1880s, I will use trickery and magic to legitimise the raid, my presence in this material jungle planted with African trees of the 1900s. Not for trade or on a civilising mission, not for petrol or diamonds or gold, not for raw material or prestige. Not as a Lovett Cameron, a David Livingstone, a Henry Morton Stanley, a Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, an Admiral de Montaignac, a Léopold de Belgique, an Albert Sarraut, a Jules Ferry, a Joseph Chamberlain, a Général Joseph Simon Gallieni nor a General Adrian Dietrich Lothar von Trotha, but on a natural quest for humanity and for survival, in other words, to build on our reciprocal relationship, even if it is domineering. In the panorama, I can see a gruff antagonistic man-figure, eccentric like myself except for colour, but more severe than Smith and more brutal than Vorster. A male human frequently scorning our very personality, my people and I; pointing out our deficiency as humans, no virtues. Formulated law, made by one man for another man, a different man. I am an unwanted bloke though. Yes, but I know, and they know that I know about it all: that they are superior to me I don’t know that their regard speaks to me I know that they single out my meagreness I know

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