Publication Date: 29/06/2021 ISBN: 9781911115984 Category:

Unbury Our Dead with Song

Mukoma Wa Ngugi

Publisher: Cassava Republic Press
Publication Date: 29/06/2021 ISBN: 9781911115984 Category:
Paperback / Softback

£11.99

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Any blurb which mentions a singing competition, an illegal boxing ring, and a newspaper called ‘The National Inquisitor’ will naturally pique our interest. This ‘love letter to African music, beauty and imagination’ is a vibrant and mysterious novel set across Ethiopia and Kenya.

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Unbury our Dead With Song is a novel about four talented Ethiopian musicians – The Diva, The Corporal, the Taliban Man and Miriam, who are competing to see who can sing the best Tizita (popularly referred to as Ethiopian blues). Taking place in an illegal boxing hall in Nairobi, Kenya, the competition is covered by a US educated Kenyan journalist, John Thandi Manfredi, who writes for a popular tabloid, The National Inquisitor. He follows the musicians back to Ethiopia in order to learn more about the Tizita and their lives. As he learns more about the Tizita and the multiple meanings of beauty, he uncovers that behind each of the musicians, there are layered lives and secrets. A love letter to African music, beauty and imagination.

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