Description
In a Sierra Leone–like nation shaped by return and rupture, this novel follows the fragile hopes of freed Black American slaves as they re-enter Africa and confront the political and psychological storms that follow. As power shifts through betrayal, propaganda, and opportunism, the story traces how duplicity can harden into violence—turning personal survival into a national crisis. Blending the immediacy of lived experience with a chimerical sense of illusion and truth, the book interrogates the near-genocidal impulses that can emerge when fear, ideology, and ambition converge. With Syl Cheney-Coker’s incisive, language-driven style, it offers a sweeping meditation on history’s aftershocks, the ethics of identity, and the devastating cost of broken trust.
Available Editions
paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing
Published Jan 1, 2024
587 pages
ISBN: 9781803288871
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Details
First Published
1990
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Last Harmattan of Alusine Dunbar by Syl Cheney-Coker.