1
/
of
0
Max Lobe Ros
Does Snow Turn A Person White Inside
Does Snow Turn A Person White Inside
Books
Regular price
$28.05 USD
Regular price
Sale price
$28.05 USD
Unit price
/
per
Shipping calculated at checkout.
Couldn't load pickup availability
Binding: Paperback
Description: The narrator Mwana is a young man from Bantuland living in Geneva. A graduate from a Swiss university we first encounter Mwana waiting for a bus in the hills of Lugano gazing at a poster calling for "black sheep" to be sent home. Mwana's efforts to find work are fruitless until he lands an internship in an NGO campaigning against racial discrimination. The team is busy organising a demonstration against the black sheep poster. Mwana has one foot in each culture. He sees Swiss society through African eyes with all its contradictions: its moderation stunning landscapes and its eccentricities but also its intolerance and inflexibility. He also casts a critical eye on his native Africa the weight of its traditions and beliefs. Is belonging nowhere the price Mwana has to pay for these insights?
Title: Does Snow Turn A Person White Inside
Author(s): Max Lobe Ros
Publisher: Hoperoad Publishing Ltd
Barcode: 9781913109905
Pages: 228 Pages
Publication Date: 12/8/2022
Category: Fiction In Translation
Description: The narrator Mwana is a young man from Bantuland living in Geneva. A graduate from a Swiss university we first encounter Mwana waiting for a bus in the hills of Lugano gazing at a poster calling for "black sheep" to be sent home. Mwana's efforts to find work are fruitless until he lands an internship in an NGO campaigning against racial discrimination. The team is busy organising a demonstration against the black sheep poster. Mwana has one foot in each culture. He sees Swiss society through African eyes with all its contradictions: its moderation stunning landscapes and its eccentricities but also its intolerance and inflexibility. He also casts a critical eye on his native Africa the weight of its traditions and beliefs. Is belonging nowhere the price Mwana has to pay for these insights?
Title: Does Snow Turn A Person White Inside
Author(s): Max Lobe Ros
Publisher: Hoperoad Publishing Ltd
Barcode: 9781913109905
Pages: 228 Pages
Publication Date: 12/8/2022
Category: Fiction In Translation