Global African Voices
Blue White Red
Alain Mabanckou, translated by Alison Dundy
Global African Voices
Blue White Red
Alain Mabanckou, translated by Alison Dundy
When Moki returns to his village from France wearing designer clothes and affecting all the manners of a Frenchman, Massala-Massala, who lives the life of a humble peanut farmer after giving up his studies, begins to dream of following in Moki’s footsteps. Together, the two take wing for Paris, where Massala-Massala finds himself a part of an underworld of out-of-work undocumented immigrants.
