02290nam 2200541 a 450 991081353670332120200520144314.00-253-00794-11-299-10601-3(CKB)2550000000998144(EBL)1127897(OCoLC)828247128(SSID)ssj0000821619(PQKBManifestationID)11444480(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000821619(PQKBWorkID)10878973(PQKB)11183147(MiAaPQ)EBC1127897(MdBmJHUP)muse26061(EXLCZ)99255000000099814420121120d2013 uy 1engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlue white red a novel /Alain Mabanckou ; translated by Alison Dundy1st ed.Bloomington, Ind. ;Indianapolis, Ind. Indiana University Press20131 online resource (168 p.)Global 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 VoicesAfricansFranceFictionAfricans843.914Mabanckou Alain1966-445242Dundy Alison1654017MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910813536703321Blue white red4185989UNINA