Description: A brilliant white geophysicist posted on assignment in Africa falls in love and enters an extramarital sexual relationship with a young African man. In her professional life she encounters issues of globalization and neoliberalism at her multinational firm. As the popular resistance against the dictatorial regime in power grows, she comes to play a key role in the unfolding political drama.
Review Quotes: "In this complex narrative, one of Africa's most inventive and original novelists explores critical social and ethical issues that have been made relevant by the expansion of global capital. By weaving themes of sexual love, social justice, and capitalist exploitation, Bhêly-Quenum probes the question of who has a right to discover, share, control, and ultimately benefit from Africa's wealth."
--Phyllis Taoua, associate professor of French, University of Arizona