Testament d’un patriote exécuté

Testament d’un patriote exécuté

Thomas Jing

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Editorial:
African Books Collective
Año de edición:
2021
Materia
Ficción moderna y contemporánea
ISBN:
9789956551668

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Sur l’invitation de son cousin Charlemagne, Benedict quitte Ndobo, son village natal au Mayuka, pour Touri dans l’Etat voisin de Jangaland. Mayuka est une colonie anglaise où son arrière-grand-père, Bante, roi de l’ethnie Magwa, s’était exilé. Bante avait quitté Jangaland précipitamment parce que les autorités coloniales étaient à ses trousses. On le soupçonnait d’être à l’origine d’un meurtre et aussi d’être à la tête d’une résistance à la colonisation française. Benedict prospère à Touri. Il tombe amoureux d’une jolie demoiselle du nom de Brigitte ; mais il a un rival, le cuisinier d’un commerçant français. Brigitte doit choisir entre Benedict et le cuisinier. Elle jette son dévolu sur Benedict. De là va naître une émouvante aventure qui mènera Benedict à l’avant-plan du champ politique à l’aube des mouvements des indépendances des Etats africains. Un périple parsemé d’embuches au cours duquel le jeune Benedict ira jusqu’au sacrifice suprême, au nom de la justice et de l’Egalite pour les siens.Cette œuvre expose l’aliénation culturelle, le manque de patriotisme et l’hypocrisie des puissances coloniales, bref, le néo-colonialisme. Ce dernier à lui seul explique la mauvaise gestion du patrimoine national, l’effondrement économique, l’instabilité politique, les crises sociales, l’implosion de nombreux États avec pour conséquence l’afflux des réfugiés africains en Occident. Cette œuvre tient toute sa pertinence du fait que les sujets y traités demeurent actuels.

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