The Trial of Cecil John Rhodes - Couverture souple

Adebajo, Adekeye

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 143143079X ISBN 13 : 9781431430796

Editeur : Jacana Media, 2021

Synopsis

Set over five days in an African Hereafter called “After Africa”, this story revolves around the British South African imperialist, Cecil Rhodes, awakening in an After African Limbo after being asleep for 120 years. Guided by Ghanaian writer Efua Sutherland, he is taken on a tour of After Africa’s five heavens, experiencing Africa’s great civilisations, its Nobel laureates, its writers, its musicians and its sporting legends. The novella centres on the grand trial of Cecil Rhodes in the fifth heaven for five crimes committed in the Herebefore.

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Two Counsel for Damnation – Olive Schreiner and Stanlake Samkange –face off against two Counsel for Salvation – Nelson Mandela andHarry Oppenheimer. The seven judges from Africa’s five sub-regionsand its North American, Caribbean and South American diasporasare also well-known figures: Ruth First, Wangari Maathai, BoutrosBoutros-Ghali, Patrice Lumumba, Taslim Elias, Maya Angelou andToussaint l’Ouverture. “Many people want Rhodes to fall, and his statue is definitively toppled by Adekeye Adebajo.” – Ken Barris, award-winning writer “[…] The Trial of Cecil John Rhodes can become the most powerful drama on all theatre stages of Africa […]”– John Kani

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Jacana Media
• Date d'édition: 2021
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 143143079X
• ISBN 13: 9781431430796
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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