Books set in Sao Tome and Principe (3)
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NATIVE DANCE : An African Story by GERVÁSIO KAISER EN
Country: Africa / 
Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe
Description:
Settlers are ruling the islands. Makengo takes care of Tino, a native child a bully beats up, and this help brings trouble. It turns out the price Makengo pays comes along with a dance with Tino's mother and her change toward him. Relish voices of native Africans from the fingers of a gifted African writer.
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No Gods Live Here : Poems by Conceicao Lima EN
Country: Africa / Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe
Description:
One of the few book-length poetry collections from São Tomé to appear in English, Lima's poetry is grounded in place and history of the region. A career-spanning collection from São Tomean master Conceição Lima, No Gods Live Here summons the intricacies of her personal history of the landscape with the complicated lineage of the region. Lima houses the cruelties of the country's past alongside childhood memories, flora, and fauna. Through vivid imagery, Lima's deep evocations of São Tomé extend from popular Santomean music to imagery of fishermen on the beach, while ever-aware of the subjectiv... continue
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Pé de Perfume : Ylang-Ylang by Olinda Beja PT
Country: Africa / Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe
Description:
Sobre o livro: (...) as estórias de "Pé-de-Perfume", marcadas fortemente pelo cunho da tradição africana da narração oral, são transversalmente habitadas por Poesia, ou não fosse Olinda Beja um grande poeta, seja na função da linguagem, nas imagens sugeridas pelo desenho dos cenários ou pela postura dos personagens. Ao mesmo tempo, os contos curtos são encabeçados por epígrafes proverbiais nas duas línguas, santomense e portuguesa, como que anunciando uma lição final das estórias que assumem, assim, muita vez, o perfil de fábulas. A certos animais marinhos ou terrestres emblemáticos do arquipé... continue