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02819aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 A82C031A895A11E7A12D883F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20170825010008 008 161110t20172017inu b 000 j eng d 020 $a 9780253026699 020 $a 0253026695 035 $a (OCoLC)962322374 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d CDX $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d STF $d BNG $d HTM $d ZYU $d VP@ $d GUA $d NZLPP $d ISM $d OCLCO $d OCL $d NYP $d SILO 100 1 $a Dongala, Emmanuel BoundzeÌki, $d 1941- . 240 10 $a Jazz et vin de palme. $l English 245 10 $a Jazz and palm wine / $c Emmanuel Dongala ; translated and with a foreword by Dominic Thomas. 264 1 $a Bloomington : $b Indiana University Press, $c [2017] 300 $a xiii, 119 pages ; $c 22 cm 440 1 $a Global African voices 500 $a Originally published in French as: Jazz et vin de palme. Paris : Hatier, ©1982. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a Jazz, aliens, and witchcraft collide in this collection of short stories by renowned author Emmanuel Dongala. The influence of Kongo culture is tangible throughout, as customary beliefs clash with party conceptions of scientific and rational thought. In the first half of Jazz and Palm Wine, the characters emerge victorious from decades of colonial exploitation in the Congo only to confront the burdensome bureaucracy, oppressive legal systems, and corrupt governments of the post-colonial era. The ruling political party attempts to impose order and scientific thinking while the people struggles to deal with drought, infertility, and impossible regulations and policies; both sides mix witchcraft, diplomacy, and violence in their efforts to survive. The second half of the book is set in the United States during the turbulent civil rights struggles of the 1960s. In the title story, African and American leaders come together to save the world from extraterrestrials by serving vast quantities of palm wine and playing American jazz. The stories in Jazz and Palm Wine prompt conversations about identity, race, and co-existence, providing contextualization and a historical dimension that is often sorely lacking. Through these collisions and clashes, Dongala suggests a pathway to racial harmony, peaceful co-existence, and individual liberty through artistic creation. 546 $a Translated from the French. 651 0 $a Congo (Brazzaville) $x Fiction. $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Postcolonialism $z Congo (Brazzaville) $x Fiction. 650 0 $a Peace-building $x Fiction. 655 0 $a Short stories, African. 700 1 $a Thomas, Dominic Richard David. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180710102053.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20170825010153.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A82C031A895A11E7A12D883F97128E48 994 $a C0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search