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Shadows of Your Black Memory
Contributor(s): Ndongo, Donato (Author), Ugarte, Michael (Translator)

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 ISBN: 0974888125     ISBN-13: 9780974888125
Publisher: Swan Isle Press
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Published: January 2008
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Annotation: Set during the last years of Spanish rule in Equatorial Guinea, "Shadows of Your Black Memory" presents the voice of a young African man reflecting on his childhood. Through the idealistic eyes of the nameless protagonist, Donato Ngongo portrays the cultural conflicts between Africa and Spain, ancestral worship competing with Catholicism, and tradition giving way to modernity. The backdrop of a nation moving toward a troubled independence parallels the young man' s internal struggle to define his own identity.
In this bildungsroman, Donato Ndongo masterfully exposes the cultural fissures of his native land. " Spanish Guinea" is a heated, sensual landscape with exotic animals and trees, ancient rituals, ghosts, saints, and sinners. We come to know the narrator' s extended family, the people of his village, merchants, sorcerers, and Catholic priests; we see them critically at times, even humorously, yet always with compassion and a magical dignity. Michael Ugarte' s sensitive translation captures the spirit of the original Spanish prose and makes Ndongo' s powerful, gripping tale available to English-speaking readers for the first time.
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Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 2007033981
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.3" W x 9.1" L (0.90 lbs) 180 pages
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Glossary, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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Set during the last years of Spanish rule in Equatorial Guinea, Shadows of Your Black Memory presents the voice of a young African man reflecting on his childhood. Through the idealistic eyes of the nameless protagonist, Donato Ndongo portrays the cultural conflicts between Africa and Spain, ancestral worship competing with Catholicism, and tradition giving way to modernity. The backdrop of a nation moving toward a troubled independence parallels the young man's internal struggle to define his own identity.

Now in paperback, Shadows of Your Black Memory masterfully exposes the cultural fissures of Ndongo's native land. "Spanish Guinea" is a heated, sensual landscape with exotic animals and trees, ancient rituals, ghosts, saints, and sinners. We come to know the narrator's extended family, the people of his village, merchants, sorcerers, and Catholic priests; we see them critically at times, even humorously, yet always with compassion and a magical dignity. Michael Ugarte's sensitive translation captures the spirit of the original Spanish prose and makes Ndongo's powerful, gripping tale available to English-speaking readers for the first time.


Contributor Bio(s): Ndongo, Donato: - Donato Ndongo has published novels and poetry on postcolonial Africa. Born in Equatorial Guinea, he now lives in Spain.Ugarte, Michael: - Michael Ugarte is professor emeritus at the University of Missouri Columbia. His works include translations and publications on modern Spanish and postcolonial literature.
 
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