02337oam 22005414a 450 991077931600332120170816130520.00-253-00794-11-299-10601-3(CKB)2550000000998144(EBL)1127897(OCoLC)828247128(SSID)ssj0000821619(PQKBManifestationID)11444480(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821619(PQKBWorkID)10878973(PQKB)11183147(MiAaPQ)EBC1127897(MdBmJHUP)muse26061(EXLCZ)99255000000099814420121120d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlue White Red[electronic resource] A Novel /Alain Mabanckou ; translated by Alison DundyBloomington, Ind. ;Indianapolis, Ind. Indiana University Press20131 online resource (168 p.)Global African VoicesGlobal African voicesDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-00791-7 Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Translator's Introduction; African Migration and African Dandys; Blue White Red; Opening; Part One: The Country; Part Two: Paris; ClosingThis tale of wild adventure reveals the dashed hopes of Africans living between worlds. 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. After a botched attempt to sell metro passes purchased with a stolen checkbook, he winds up in jail and is deportGlobal African VoicesAfricansFranceFictionElectronic books. Africans843.92Mabanckou Alain1966-445242Dundy AlisonMdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910779316003321Blue White Red3829933UNINA