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Kicking Tongues
Karen King-Aribisala
- Bloomsbury
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Publisher | Bloomsbury |
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ISBN | 9781035906116 |
Publication date | March 2023 |
Edition | Paperback |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Pages | 320 |
Language(s) | English ed. |
extra information | Apollo Africa |
Description
Karen King-Aribisala brilliantly transposes Chaucer's Canterbury Tales to modern-day Nigeria in this magnificent tale of forty very different travellers thrown together on a bus journey from Lagos to the new capital, Abuja.
Carefully selected by their hostess - an enigmatic figure who calls herself, 'The Black Lady The' - the passengers on this journey range from a wealthy tribal chief to a humble petrol pump attendant, from a rain-maker to a reserved woman observing purdah.
They are united only by their dissatisfaction with Nigeria's chaotic and corrupt regime, a concern which is reflected in the widely differing stories they tell on their journey - bawdy tales, sharp satires, poignant narratives and moral fables.
Blending poetry and prose, rich visual images, and witty puns, Karen King-Aribisala succeeds in transforming a fourteenth-century English classic into an exuberant and distinctively African work.