The Belly

By Tchicaya u Tam’si and Tam'si Tchicaya U

"This much-needed translation has bided many years since Gerald Moore's versions of shorter works in the 1960s. And sixty years have passed since the wave of political independence in Africa-almost sixty years since Patrice Lumumba's (the dedicatee's) murder. Tchicaya u Tam'si's reputation has only grown. The respect earned by Lâeopold Sâedar Senghor's lyricism and crucial Negritude polemic have surely accrued to Tchicaya (given name: Gâerard-Fâelix Tchicaya), Africa's master of dazzling and enigmatic metaphor. While Senghor asserted that politics is inextricable from the roots of culture, he also insisted that the end of any politics is culture. So we are urged to accede to Tchicaya's poetic alchemy even as he dedicates this anguished work to Lumumba and the political hopes of 1962 (original French publication date 1964; second edition 1978)"--

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1944884939
• ISBN13: 9781944884932
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Dialogos / Lavender Ink
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"