Condé,Maryse (Author) and Philcox,Richard (Translator)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1997
Published:
Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
216 p., Follows the history of a fictional African royal family through forced exile to the Caribbean and eventual emigration to the United States, setting up a provocative critique of multiculturalism and modern race relations. Explores the complex interplay between America and Africa, symbolized in the cultural and racial jumble of the Caribbean islands.
