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"The reincarnation of a legendary nineteenth-century Caribbean emperor as a contemporary African leader is at the heart of this novel. Sacred River deals with the extraordinary lives, hopes, powerful myths, stories, and tragedies of the people of a modern West African nation. It is also the compelling love story of an idealistic philosophy professor and an ex-courtesan of incomparable beauty. Two hundred years after his death, the great Haitian emperor Henri Christophe miraculously appears in a dream to Tankor Satani, president of the fictional West African country of Kissi, with instructions…
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2 editions- Paperback · English · 2014Ohio University Press · 456 pages · 9780821421376
- Other · English · 2013Ohio University Press · 430 pages · 9780821444658
FictionGeneralFICTION / GeneralFiction, historical, generalAfrica, fictionFiction, political