Bøger af Fiston Mwanza Mujila

A new poetic form from Fiston Mwanza Mujila, lauded author of novels Tram 83 and The Villain's Dance and poetry collection The River in the Belly.Kasala Poems are rooted in a traditional form of praise poem that ties together proverbs, myths, fables, and riddles into a recitation, accompanied by music. In Mwanza Mujila’s skilled hands, this becomes a multimedia form, set to the page while retaining the remarkable drama, emotion, and celebration of its performed root. In Kasala Poems, multiple lyrical traditions create a hybrid world of different global spaces and layers of time. Within this world, everything is possible, real and surreal at the same time. With the rhythmic, frenetic energy found in his poetry, prose, and performances, Fiston Mwanza Mujila reanimates and simultaneously deconstructs ideas of the (post)colonial environment.

"The Democratic Republic of Congo, otherwise known as Congo-Kinshasa or DRCongo, has had a series of names since its founding. The name of Zaire best corresponds to the experience of the novel's characters. The years of Mobutu's regime were filled with utopias, dreams, fantasies and other uncontrolled desires for social redemption, the quest for easy enrichment and the desecration of places of power. Among these events: Zairians' immigration to Angola during the civil war boycotting the borders inherited from colonization, as if the country did not have its own diamonds, and the occupation of public places by children from outside. The author creates the atmosphere of the time through a roundup of characters: the diviner Tshiamuena, also known as Madonna of the Cafunfo mines, prides herself of being God with whoever is willing to listen to her. Franz Baumgartner, an apprentice writer originally from Austria and rumba lover, goes around the bars in search of material for his novel. Sanza, Le Blanc and other street children share information to the intelligence services when they are not living off begging and robbery. Djibril, taxi driver, only lives for reggae music. As soon as night falls, each character dances and plays his own role in a country mined by dictatorship"--

Anmelderroste Fiston Mwanza Mujila, der debuterede i 2017 med Spor 83, byder op til dans: Stodderdansen! Stodderdansen danses på værtshuset 'Mambo og fest' i Lubumbashi, Zaire.Stodderdansen spilles på heftige hawaiiguitarer, congas, bækkener, vibrafon, sax og basklarinet.Stodderdansen er ikke kun en sang og en dans, men også en samling sjofelheder og en livsform.Stodderdansen er en roman om musik, øl og overlevelse. Om politik, vold og galskab.Stodderdansen slår dørene til et sprudlende, sprællende og livskraftigt Afrika op på vid gab.Mujila roses med rette for humoristisk, litterært, kærligt og ikke mindst musisk at skrive om en afrikansk virkelighed langt fra folkloristiske klicheer. Debutromanen Spor 83 er skrevet på brændstoffet jazz, Stodderdansen kører på rumba.

In his debut collection of poetry in English, the widely acclaimed author of Tram 83 returns to the Deep Vellum catalog with a moving lyric meditation on the Democratic Republic of Congo and its namesake river.