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In-N-Out for Iftar

By Tamer Mostafa

From Here

By Edil Hassan

Ism

By Sarah Ghazal Ali
Illustration of a man with an enlarged ear, attempting to hear the people around him.

Sound Shadow

By John Cotter

Alain Mabanckou

Alain Mabanckou is considered one of Francophone Africa’s most prolific contemporary writers. Born in what is now called Congo-Brazzaville, Mabanckou’s work has garnered a multitude of awards, including the Prix de la Société des Poètes Français and the prestigious Grand Prix de la Littérature from the Académie Française. Twice a finalist for the Man Booker Prize, his themes include his love for mother and motherland, exile, civil war and political corruption, nostalgia for childhood, and hope for a better Africa-to-come. When Mabanckou is not teaching at UCLA, he spends the rest of his time in France or traveling the globe.
Poetry Bodies & Nature

[in this ancestral land]

Poetry by Alain Mabanckou, translated from the French by Nancy Naomi Carlson July 2, 2020
barbed wire circling raised voices
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