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Verdict: A provocative satire featuring a wealthy Africa leeching an impoverished and oppressed Europe, this book would make an excellent teaching text and is highly recommended to college professors, particularly those specializing in critical thinking and African history, politics and literature. Background: Waberi (The Land Without Shadows) turns the world upside down in her latest novel to be translated from French, Africa is a conglomerate of rich and powerful states, dominating, dictating to, and controlling a poverty-stricken European backwater. Waberi weaves her characters-Maya, Adama, Malaika and Doctor Papa-into an intricate story, exploring this new world's socio-political-economic environment. The author gives readers a respite to laugh at a topsy-turvy world and prompts them to recognize their own complicity, stereotypical thinking, and ability to speak out against the abusive economic and political policies that incite and benefit from the violence in Africa.-Gloria Creed-Dikeogu, Ottawa Univ. Lib., Ottawa, KS Copyright 2009 Media Source Inc. Copyright 2009 Media Source Inc. ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More